From: SHIVAM TIWARI (t.shivam_at_iitg.ac.in)
Date: Wed Jan 27 2021 - 06:52:55 CST

Dear all,
This is regarding the topology tutorial. A particular line in the tutorial under the section for Glutathione topology creation is like this "In the original glutamic acid residue, the side chain is quite electronegative, and draws electron density from the CH2 atoms next to it, so the entire set C2 H2 O2 is a single GROUP. In ã-Glu, however, since the “side chain” more resembles a peptide bond, we separate it into three GROUPs: CH2 , CH2 , and CO." So I was wondering if anyone can elaborate on the rules for creating a group, that is, how exactly to decide on grouping the atoms. Are there any standard rules for it?

regards
shivam

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