On 2010-08-23 19.27, Elizabeth Ploetz wrote:
Dear Gromacs Users,
I am interested in implementing implicit solvent using the OBC GBSA method. In
the Gromacs 4.5beta3 top directory, several force fields (oplsaa and multiple
versions of amber) contain the gbsa.itp file, and one (charmm27), contains a
gb.itp file. They all have the same column titles (sar, st, pi, gbr, and hct).
I have read the six articles listed at
http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Implicit_Solvent, however I
still have the following two questions regarding the contents of this file:
(1.) What values are tabulated in these columns and what are the corresponding
references for each of them?
(2.) Which columns are used (versus ignored) by Gromacs in the implementation
of each of the methods (Still/HCT/OBC)?
Here are my guesses for Question 1:
(a.) sar: solvent accessible surface area?
(b.) st: surface tension?
(c.) pi: ?
(d.) gbr: generalized born radius? These values correspond to sigma/2 from
Jorgensen and Tirado-Rives' 1988 JACS paper (v. 110, p. 1657). However the
generalized born radius is equal to Rvdw plus a dielectric offset distance,
according to Still et al's 1997 J. Phys. Chem. A paper (v. 101, p. 3005). This
would mean the dielectric offset distance is set to zero (?).
(e.) hct: HCT parameter
With an eventual goal of implementing implicit solvent using my lab's force
field, insight into the meaning of the columns and/or references for their
origin would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely yours,
E. A. Ploetz
Hi Elizabeth,
I can not answer your question, but it is very good that you are
scrutinizing this stuff, since it is new code...
Does your lab's force field include support for nucleic acids? This is
missing from the current Charmm implementation although there are
rumours that parameters exist.
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Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
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