Hi Charles, Thanks a lot - this works fine.
I used: parameter nonbond (resid X and name HN) 0.0498 4.0000 0.0498 4.000 end If I am correct, setting sigma to 4.000 should correspond to a radius of ~1.30 angstroms, which is close enough for this application. Best regards, Keith Keith L. Constantine, Ph. D. Sr. Research Investigator II Mechanistic Biochemistry Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development P.O. Box 4000 Princeton, NJ 08543-4000 Tel: (609)-252-6926 Fax: (609)-252-6012 e-mail: keith.constant...@bms.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Charles Schwieters [mailto:char...@schwieters.org] >Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:24 AM >To: Constantine, Keith >Cc: xplor-...@nmr.cit.nih.gov; Charles Schwieters; Mueller, Luciano >Subject: Re: changing van der Waals radius without modifying an atom >type > > >Hello Keith-- > >> >> Do you know how to increase the van der Waals radius of a specific >atom in a >> molecule without creating a new atom type or changing the radius in >the >> parameter file? > >Yes- using atom-based parameters. > (e.g. http://nmr.cit.nih.gov/xplor-nih/doc/current/xplor/node56.html) > >From the python interface, please try this: > >xplor.command(""" >parameter > nonbond (resid X and name HN) 0.0498 1.4254 0.0498 1.4254 >end""") > >where you must specify X and change VDW parameters as you wish. > >best regards-- >Charles This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Xplor-nih mailing list Xplor-nih@cake.cit.nih.gov http://cake.cit.nih.gov/mailman/listinfo/xplor-nih