1 .TH pdb2gmx 1 "Thu 16 Oct 2008"
3 pdb2gmx - converts pdb files to topology and coordinate files
10 .BI "-p" " topol.top "
11 .BI "-i" " posre.itp "
12 .BI "-n" " clean.ndx "
13 .BI "-q" " clean.pdb "
34 .BI "-posrefc" " real "
37 .BI "-[no]deuterate" ""
39 This program reads a pdb file, reads
40 some database files, adds hydrogens to the molecules and generates
41 coordinates in Gromacs (Gromos) format and a topology in Gromacs format.
42 These files can subsequently be processed to generate a run input file.
46 The force fields in the distribution are currently:
49 oplsaa OPLS-AA/L all-atom force field (2001 aminoacid dihedrals)
51 G43b1 GROMOS96 43b1 Vacuum Forcefield
53 G43a1 GROMOS96 43a1 Forcefield
55 G43a2 GROMOS96 43a2 Forcefield (improved alkane dihedrals)
57 G45a3 GROMOS96 45a3 Forcefield
59 G53a5 GROMOS96 53a5 Forcefield
61 G53a6 GROMOS96 53a6 Forcefield
63 gmx Gromacs Forcefield (a modified GROMOS87, see manual)
65 encads Encad all-atom force field, using scaled-down vacuum charges
67 encadv Encad all-atom force field, using full solvent charges
70 The corresponding data files can be found in the library directory
71 with names like ffXXXX.YYY. Check chapter 5 of the manual for more
72 information about file formats. By default the forcefield selection
73 is interactive, but you can use the
76 one of the short names above on the command line instead. In that
77 case pdb2gmx just looks for the corresponding file.
80 Note that a pdb file is nothing more than a file format, and it
81 need not necessarily contain a protein structure. Every kind of
82 molecule for which there is support in the database can be converted.
83 If there is no support in the database, you can add it yourself.
86 The program has limited intelligence, it reads a number of database
87 files, that allow it to make special bonds (Cys-Cys, Heme-His, etc.),
88 if necessary this can be done manually. The program can prompt the
89 user to select which kind of LYS, ASP, GLU, CYS or HIS residue she
90 wants. For LYS the choice is between LYS (two protons on NZ) or LYSH
91 (three protons, default), for ASP and GLU unprotonated (default) or
92 protonated, for HIS the proton can be either on ND1 (HISA), on NE2
93 (HISB) or on both (HISH). By default these selections are done
94 automatically. For His, this is based on an optimal hydrogen bonding
95 conformation. Hydrogen bonds are defined based on a simple geometric
96 criterium, specified by the maximum hydrogen-donor-acceptor angle
97 and donor-acceptor distance, which are set by
107 will ask if you want to merge consecutive chains
108 into one molecule definition, this can be useful for connecting chains
109 with a disulfide brigde or intermolecular distance restraints.
112 pdb2gmx will also check the occupancy field of the pdb file.
113 If any of the occupanccies are not one, indicating that the atom is
114 not resolved well in the structure, a warning message is issued.
115 When a pdb file does not originate from an X-Ray structure determination
116 all occupancy fields may be zero. Either way, it is up to the user
117 to verify the correctness of the input data (read the article!).
120 During processing the atoms will be reordered according to Gromacs
123 an index file can be generated that
124 contains one group reordered in the same way. This allows you to
125 convert a Gromos trajectory and coordinate file to Gromos. There is
126 one limitation: reordering is done after the hydrogens are stripped
127 from the input and before new hydrogens are added. This means that
137 file formats do not support chain
138 identifiers. Therefore it is useful to enter a pdb file name at
141 option when you want to convert a multichain pdb file.
147 removes hydrogen and fast improper dihedral
148 motions. Angular and out-of-plane motions can be removed by changing
149 hydrogens into virtual sites and fixing angles, which fixes their
150 position relative to neighboring atoms. Additionally, all atoms in the
151 aromatic rings of the standard amino acids (i.e. PHE, TRP, TYR and HIS)
152 can be converted into virtual sites, elminating the fast improper dihedral
153 fluctuations in these rings. Note that in this case all other hydrogen
154 atoms are also converted to virtual sites. The mass of all atoms that are
155 converted into virtual sites, is added to the heavy atoms.
158 Also slowing down of dihedral motion can be done with
161 done by increasing the hydrogen-mass by a factor of 4. This is also
162 done for water hydrogens to slow down the rotational motion of water.
163 The increase in mass of the hydrogens is subtracted from the bonded
164 (heavy) atom so that the total mass of the system remains the same.
166 .BI "-f" " eiwit.pdb"
168 Structure file: gro g96 pdb tpr tpb tpa
172 Structure file: gro g96 pdb
174 .BI "-p" " topol.top"
178 .BI "-i" " posre.itp"
180 Include file for topology
182 .BI "-n" " clean.ndx"
186 .BI "-q" " clean.pdb"
188 Structure file: gro g96 pdb
192 Print help info and quit
194 .BI "-nice" " int" " 0"
197 .BI "-[no]merge" "no "
198 Merge chains into one molecule definition
200 .BI "-ff" " string" " select"
201 Force field, interactive by default. Use -h for information.
203 .BI "-water" " enum" " spc"
204 Water model to use: with GROMOS we recommend SPC, with OPLS, TIP4P:
218 .BI "-[no]inter" "no "
219 Set the next 8 options to interactive
222 Interactive SS bridge selection
225 Interactive termini selection, iso charged
228 Interactive Lysine selection, iso charged
231 Interactive Arganine selection, iso charged
234 Interactive Aspartic Acid selection, iso charged
237 Interactive Glutamic Acid selection, iso charged
240 Interactive Glutamine selection, iso neutral
243 Interactive Histidine selection, iso checking H-bonds
245 .BI "-angle" " real" " 135 "
246 Minimum hydrogen-donor-acceptor angle for a H-bond (degrees)
248 .BI "-dist" " real" " 0.3 "
249 Maximum donor-acceptor distance for a H-bond (nm)
252 Select aromatic rings with united CH atoms on Phenylalanine, Tryptophane and Tyrosine
254 .BI "-[no]ignh" "no "
255 Ignore hydrogen atoms that are in the pdb file
257 .BI "-[no]missing" "no "
258 Continue when atoms are missing, dangerous
261 Be slightly more verbose in messages
263 .BI "-posrefc" " real" " 1000 "
264 Force constant for position restraints
266 .BI "-vsite" " enum" " none"
267 Convert atoms to virtual sites:
275 .BI "-[no]heavyh" "no "
276 Make hydrogen atoms heavy
278 .BI "-[no]deuterate" "no "
279 Change the mass of hydrogens to 2 amu