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    On 4/19/2011 6:55 AM, Emine Deniz Tekin wrote:
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:BANLkTim24K+6SHpeFVs0T2x9Eph2crNiSA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div>Hi Mark,</div>
      <div> </div>
      <div>Thanks again. Your suggestion of introducing the lauroic acid
        as a pseudo-amino acid seems to solve my problem. Below is my
        corrected "aminoacids.rtp" file for the 6-Carbon case as a test.
        (I used the Berger lipid parameters.)</div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    Looks about right.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:BANLkTim24K+6SHpeFVs0T2x9Eph2crNiSA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div> Just to be sure, could you have a look at the file (I used
        gb_10 between C and +N instead of gb_19). </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    I don't know anything about those atom types or force field. Use
    your own judgment.<br>
    <br>
    Mark<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:BANLkTim24K+6SHpeFVs0T2x9Eph2crNiSA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div> </div>
      <div>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri">[ DPP ]</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style=""> </span>[ atoms
              ]</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CA<span
                style="">   </span>LP2<span style="">    </span>0.00000<span
                style="">   </span>0</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CB<span
                style="">   </span>LP2<span style="">    </span>0.00000<span
                style="">   </span>1</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CG<span
                style="">   </span>LP2<span style="">    </span>0.00000<span
                style="">   </span>2</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CD<span
                style="">   </span>LP2<span style="">    </span>0.00000<span
                style="">   </span>3</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CE<span
                style="">   </span>LP3<span style="">    </span>0.00000<span
                style="">   </span>4</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">    </span>C<span
                style="">    </span>LC<span style="">      </span>0.450<span
                style="">       </span>5</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">    </span>O<span
                style="">    </span>LO<span style="">     </span>-0.450<span
                style="">      </span>5</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style=""> </span>[ bonds
              ]</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CA<span
                style="">    </span>CB<span style="">     </span>1       0.15300E+00
              0.33470E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>C<span
                style="">     </span>CA<span style="">      </span>1      
              0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CB<span
                style="">    </span>CG<span style="">     </span>1     
              0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CG<span
                style="">    </span>CD<span style="">     </span>1     
              0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">   </span>CD<span
                style="">    </span>CE<span style="">     </span>1      
              0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">    </span>C<span
                style="">     </span>O<span style="">       </span>1      
              0.12300E+00 0.50210E+06</font></font></p>
        <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
            size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">    </span>C<span
                style="">    </span>+N<span style="">          </span>gb_10</font></font></p>
        <font face="Calibri">
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3">[ angles ]</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>C<span style="">    </span><span
                style=""> </span>CA<span style="">    </span>CB<span
                style="">      </span>1      0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>CA<span style="">    </span>CB<span
                style="">    </span>CG<span style="">     </span>1     
              0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>CB<span style="">    </span>CG<span
                style="">    </span>CD<span style="">     </span>1     
              0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>CG<span style="">    </span>CD<span
                style="">    </span>CE<span style="">     </span>1     
              0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>O<span style="">      </span>C<span
                style="">    </span>CA<span style="">       </span>1     
              0.12100E+03 0.50210E+03</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>CA<span style="">     </span>C<span
                style="">    </span>+N<span style="">     </span>ga_19</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">    </span>O<span style="">     </span>C<span
                style="">    </span>+N<span style="">     </span>ga_33</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3">[ dihedrals ]</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">    </span>C<span style="">    </span>CA<span
                style="">    </span>CB<span style="">    </span>CG<span
                style="">       </span>1<span style="">    </span>0.0<span
                style="">     </span>5.86<span style="">    </span>3</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">     <font
              size="3">CA<span style="">    </span>CB<span style="">   
              </span>CG<span style="">    </span>CD<span style="">    
              </span>3</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">   </span>CB<span style="">    </span>CG<span
                style="">    </span>CD<span style="">    </span>CE<span
                style="">       </span>3</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style=""> </span>[ impropers ]</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="3"><span style="">    </span>C<span style="">    </span>CA<span
                style="">    </span>+N<span style="">     </span>O<span
                style="">    </span>gi_1</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="4">Best regards,</font></p>
          <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font
              size="4">Deniz</font></p>
        </font></div>
      <div> </div>
      <div>On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mark Abraham <span
          dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>
        wrote:<br>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
          margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"
          class="gmail_quote">
          <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
            <div class="im">On 12/04/2011 10:30 PM, Emine Deniz Tekin
              wrote:
              <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi Mark,</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br>
                  </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for
                    your reply. But, I couldn’t understand very well
                    what you meant <span style="color: red;">“</span></span><span
                    style="color: red;">you can make one that uses
                    backbone-style linking. Most of the forcefields will
                    have examples of non-amino-acid terminating residues
                    - these make a single peptide bond just like yours
                    does.</span><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-US">”.</span><span
                    lang="EN-US"> So, let me explain the problem a
                    little more.<span>  </span>I would be happy if you
                    could expound upon your reply. <br>
                  </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                  <span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><b>1)</b><span
                        style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span></span><span
                    lang="EN-US">I prepared the <b>rtp </b>entry for
                    the lauroic acid (see below) and add the lipid
                    parameters to the relevant sections of the <b>ffnonbonded.itp</b>
                    and <b>ffbonded.itp</b> files.</span></p>
              </blockquote>
              <br>
            </div>
            That is not an .rtp entry, see below. Look at some .rtp
            entries and see how they make backbone bonds. That is what I
            understand you want to do - make a peptide bond as if
            lauroic acid was an amino acid.
            <div class="im"><br>
              <br>
              <blockquote type="cite">
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><b>2)</b><span
                        style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span></span><span
                    lang="EN-US">I added the lauroic acid as a
                    "Non-Protein” in the <b>residuetypes.dat<span> </span></b>file
                    and also I introduced the atom types (LO<span>: </span>15.9994,
                    LC:<span> </span>12.0110, LP2<span>: </span>14.0270,
                    LP3<span>: </span>15.0350) in the <span></span><b>atomtypes.atp.</b></span></p>
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span>3)<span
                          style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span></span></b><span
                    lang="EN-US">I concatenated<span> </span>the
                    structure files of a 8-residue-peptide<b> </b>and
                    lauroic acid as <b>system.gro. </b></span><span
                    style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size:
                    10pt;">Then, using “pdb2gmx -ter”, I obtained the <b>topol.top,
                      conf.gro</b> and <b>posre.itp</b> for <b>the
                      whole system.</b> </span><span lang="EN-US">(I
                    chose : start terminus VAL-2: NH2 and end terminus
                    ASP-9: COO-) </span></p>
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span
                    lang="EN-US"><b>4)</b>   But when I looked into <b>conf.gro</b>
                    with the VMD, I see that the peptide bond is formed
                    between the </span></p>
              </blockquote>
              <br>
            </div>
            No bond shown by VMD is relevant. It's guessing based on the
            coordinates in your .gro file. Your bonded atoms are in your
            .top file. VMD knows nothing about your .top file.
            <div class="im"><br>
              <br>
              <blockquote type="cite">
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">lauroic
                    acid (C34) and the N terminal of the Valine.
                    However, second H of the N is still there and it is
                    making another bond with C34 of lauroic acid. <span></span>The
                    strange thing is: C34 is double bonded to O35,</span><span
                    lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Carbon
                    makes four bonds. <br>
                  </span></p>
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span style="line-height:
                    115%; font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">How can I get
                    rid of that H?</span></p>
                <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">[ DPP ]</span></p>
              </blockquote>
              <br>
            </div>
            This is not an .rtp entry. The [bonds] section must refer to
            atom names. I can only suppose pdb2gmx is warning about or
            ignoring everything after your [atoms] section.<br>
            <br>
            Look in the .rtp and chapter 5 of the manual how terminating
            pseudo-residues like ACE work. Do something analogous for
            lauroic acid.<br>
            <font color="#888888"><br>
              Mark</font>
            <div>
              <div class="h5"><br>
                <br>
                <blockquote type="cite">
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>[
                      atoms ]</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C34<span>       </span>LC<span>     </span>0.800<span>   
                      </span>18</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>O35<span>       </span>LO<span>    </span>-0.60<span>    
                      </span>18</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C36<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>19</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C37<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>20</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C38<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>21</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C39<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>22</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C40<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0
                      <span>      </span>23</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C41<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>24</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C42<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>25</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C43<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>26</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C44<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>27</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C45<span>      </span>LP2<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>28</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>C46<span>      </span>LP3<span>      </span>0<span>      
                      </span>29</span> </p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">[
                      bonds ]</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">;<span> 
                      </span>ai<span>    </span>aj funct</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>34<span>      </span>35<span>       </span>1
                      0.12300E+00 0.50210E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>34<span>      </span>36<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>36<span>      </span>37<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>37<span>      </span>38<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>38<span>      </span>39<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>39<span>      </span>40<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>40<span>      </span>41<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>41<span>      </span>42<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>42<span>      </span>43<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>43<span>      </span>44<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>44<span>      </span>45<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>45<span>      </span>46<span>       </span>1
                      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">[
                      angles ]</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">;<span> 
                      </span>ai<span>    </span>aj<span>    </span>ak
                      funct</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>34<span>      </span>36<span>      </span>37<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>35<span>      </span>34<span>      </span>36<span>      
                      </span>1 0.12100E+03 0.50210E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>36<span>      </span>37<span>      </span>38<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>37<span>      </span>38<span>      </span>39<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>38<span>      </span>39<span>      </span>40<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>39<span>      </span>40<span>      </span>41<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>40<span>      </span>41<span>      </span>42<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>41<span>      </span>42<span>      </span>43<span>   
                      </span><span>   </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>42<span>      </span>43<span>      </span>44<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>43<span>      </span>44<span>      </span>45<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>     
                      </span>44<span>      </span>45<span>      </span>46<span>      
                      </span>1 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">[
                      dihedrals ]</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">;<span> 
                      </span>ai<span>    </span>aj<span>    </span>ak<span>   
                      </span>al funct<span>   </span>phi0<span>     </span>cp<span>    
                      </span>mult</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>34<span>    </span>36<span>    </span>37<span>   
                      </span>38<span>     </span>1<span>    </span>0.0<span>    
                      </span>5.86<span>    </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>36<span>    </span>37<span>    </span>38<span>   
                      </span>39<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>37<span>    </span>38<span>    </span>39<span>   
                      </span>40<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>38<span>    </span>39<span>    </span>40<span>   
                      </span>41<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>39<span>    </span>40<span>    </span>41<span>   
                      </span>42<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>40<span>    </span>41<span>    </span>42<span>   
                      </span>43<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>41<span>    </span>42<span>    </span>43<span>   
                      </span>44<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>42<span>    </span>43<span>  </span><span>  </span>44<span>   
                      </span>45<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>  
                      </span>43<span>    </span>44<span>    </span>45<span>   
                      </span>46<span>     </span>3</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><br>
                    <span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Best
                      regards,</span></p>
                  <p style="margin-left: 54pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Deniz<br>
                    </span></p>
                      <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:02
                    AM, Mark Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au"
                        target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>
                    wrote:<br>
                    <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,
                      204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;
                      padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
                      <div>On 8/04/2011 11:25 PM, Emine Deniz Tekin
                        wrote:<br>
                      </div>
                      <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,
                        204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;
                        padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
                        <div><br>
                          Hi Gromacs users,<br>
                          <br>
                          I want to covalently link the lauroic acid to
                          the Valine residue (it is a peptide (amide)
                          bond), I know that I should update the
                          specbond.dat.But before updating this file, I
                          need the NH as an N terminal of the first
                          residue (Valine).When I used pdb2gmx with the
                          –ter flag, I got either NH3, NH2 or None
                          instead of NH.So, I add the [NH] directive in
                          the aminoacids.n.rtp file, as follows;<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          [ NH ]<br>
                          <br>
                          [ replace ]<br>
                          <br>
                          ; old-namenew-typenew-massnew-charge<br>
                          <br>
                          NLN14.0067-0.31<br>
                          <br>
                          CACH113.0190.127<br>
                          <br>
                          [ add ]<br>
                          <br>
                          12HNCAC<br>
                          <br>
                          ;atom_typemasscharge<br>
                          <br>
                          H1.0080.31<br>
                          <br>
                          [ delete ]<br>
                          <br>
                          H<br>
                          <br>
                          [ bonds ]<br>
                          <br>
                          NHgb_2<br>
                          <br>
                          [ angles ]<br>
                          <br>
                          CANHga_11<br>
                          <br>
                          [ dihedrals ]<br>
                          <br>
                        </div>
                        HNCACgd_29
                        <div><br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          (ps. I wrote the charges of N, CA and H
                          according to values defined in topol.top and
                          also I used the Gromos96 53a6 force field)<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          Then, I used the pdb2gmx with –ter, I could
                          see:<br>
                          <br>
                          Select start terminus type for VAL<br>
                          <br>
                          0: NH<br>
                          <br>
                          1: NH3+<br>
                          <br>
                          2: NH2<br>
                          <br>
                          3: None<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                        </div>
                        Finally, I got thetopol.top, posre itp and
                        conf.gro files. But when I looked into conf.gro,
                        I see that I am getting “None”. How can I get
                        the NH ?<br>
                        <br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <br>
                      Coordinating multiple "moving parts" like the
                      specbond and terminus-fixing is probably a recipe
                      for trouble.<br>
                      <br>
                      Since you have to make an .rtp entry for lauroic
                      acid anyway, you can make one that uses
                      backbone-style linking. Most of the forcefields
                      will have examples of non-amino-acid terminating
                      residues - these make a single peptide bond just
                      like yours does. Now you can ignore the specbond
                      and terminus-fixing mechanisms entirely.<br>
                      <br>
                      Mark<br>
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