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From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 05 2012 - 15:45:19 CST
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No. You'll need a topology file. Why not create the topology file?
CHARMM is an additive forcefield.
Best,
Chris
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Rajan Vatassery <rajan_at_umn.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am looking for a way to avoid creating a topology file whenever I
> need to create a new PSF. For example, my current need is for a PSF for
> oleic acid. I can easily create a pdb file, but the creation of a PSF is
> substantially more time-intensive. Currently I would need to make a
> topology file, which although is not terribly difficult, is not used
> after the creation of the PSF.
> My hope is that there is some way that I can use the bonds given in the
> pdb file to produce the essential details that PSFGEN needs to then go
> on to writing the angles and dihedrals. As it is now, if I try to create
> anything in terms of a segment for writing (segment U {pdb Oleate.pdb}),
> I get the usual:
>
> unknown residue type
> ERROR: failed on end of segment
> MOLECULE DESTROYED BY FATAL ERROR! Use resetpsf to start over.
>
> because I haven't given a topology file to PSFGEN.
> My impression is that during the normal PSF creation from a topology
> file, PSFGEN calculates the angles and dihedrals from only the list of
> bonds that are given in the topology file. So my question stated in
> another way is, can I trick PSFGEN into reading the bond list from the
> PDB file? I would even rather write the first part of the PSF (atoms and
> bonds) if I could get the angles and dihedrals automatically generated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> rajan
>
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