> So my questions are: how to convert it in the gromacs format ?
I haven't done AMBER to GROMACS conversions. But a google search led me to this 
page. It's just a matter of knowing the different formats.

http://ffamber.cnsm.csulb.edu

> Is it correct to use the absolute value of the multiplicity in my 
parameters and use the negative values of barrier heights when they are 
exist in the AMBER parameters? Since, I have noticed that in the AMBER 
ff port in GROMACS, the multiplicity values are always set to > 0 
and   the barrier heights have sometime a negative value.



So my questions are: how to convert it in the gromacs format ?  Is it correct 
to use the absolute value of the multiplicity in my parameters and use the 
negative values of barrier heights when they are exist in the AMBER parameters? 
Since, I have noticed that in the AMBER ff port in GROMACS, the multiplicity 
values are always set to > 0 and   the barrier heights have sometime a negative 
value.


Thank you again for your advice.

SA-




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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:08:55 -0700 (PDT)

From: "Austin B. Yongye" <ybau...@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Conversion of the GLYCAM dihedral parameters

        in the  GROMACS format.

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It is normal to have combinations of negative and positive values for the 
barrier heights. Those are just the best coefficients to reproduce some QM 
rotational energy curve during the parameterization.  The negative 
periodicities are a convention from AMBER. They simply indicate that the 
dihedral angle potential has more than one term. For your example below:




O2-P

          -OS-CP   1    0.10          0.0            -3.         Dimethyl 
phosphate

                             1   -0.50          0.0            -2.

                            

          1    0.10         

          0.0             1

-3, -2 and 1 signify V3, V2 and V1 terms, respectively. Once a positive value 
is reached, terms for the O2-P-OS-CP potential have been completely accounted 
for.



Hope that helps.

Austin-





--- On Tue, 7/19/11, Mark Abraham <mark.abra...@anu.edu.au> wrote:



From: Mark Abraham <mark.abra...@anu.edu.au>

Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Conversion of the GLYCAM dihedral parameters in the 
GROMACS format.

To: "Discussion list for GROMACS users" <gmx-users@gromacs.org>

Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 7:08 AM















    On 19/07/2011 11:56 PM, sa wrote:





















      Dear

          GROMCS users,

       

      I

          am trying to convert some GLYCAM parameters in GROMACS format.

          For this

          purpose, I am using the latest GLYCAM parameters downloaded

          from the RJ. Woods’

          website and the examples given in the acpype code (here for

          the dihedral angles) :











      
http://code.google.com/p/acpype/source/browse/trunk/acpypi.py?spec=svn9&r=9&redir=1












      -------------------

# dihedral    idivf        barrier hight/2 kcal/mol  phase degrees       
periodicity     comments

       X -ca-ca-X    4           14.500*                     180.000            
    2.000             intrpol.bsd.on C6H6



* to convert to gmx: 14.5/4 * 4.184 * 2 (?) (yes in amb2gmx, no in topolbuild, 
why?) = 30.334 or 15.167 kJ/mol

# X -CA-CA-X    4   14.50        180.0             2.         intrpol.bsd.on 
C6H6 (from parm99.dat)



# X-CA-CA-X     3    30.33400     0.00000   -30.33400     0.00000     0.00000   
  0.00000   ; intrpol.bsd.on C6H6



-----------

       

      I have no problems with the parameters for proteins. But, in case of the 
GLYCAM parameters, I am a little confused



about the conversion of dihedral force constants (DFC), especially when the DFC 
and the periodicity values are < 0 for example

for this torsion:





      O2-P

          -OS-CP   1    0.10          0.0            -3.         Dimethyl 
phosphate

                    1   -0.50          0.0            -2.

                   

          1    0.10         

          0.0             1







    Where only a positive value makes sense, sometimes people use

    negative values to indicate some special functional form. This can

    be easier to code. Regardless, you'll have to check out the GLYCAM

    documentation and see what is meant, before you can address how to

    convert it into a GROMACS format. Obviously the contents of parts of

    chapter 4 and 5 of the manual will be important.







    Mark





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