AMBER Archive (2003)

Subject: RESP charge derivation

From: Lepsa (lepsik_at_marilyn.uochb.cas.cz)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 11:34:57 CST


Dear AMBER commmunity,
I'm not quite sure what's the proper way to derive charges by RESP on ligand
for ff99.

1) Do I need to minimize the structure (or hydrogens?) What level of theory?
HF/6-31G*?
(in this case I have an x-ray stucture of the inhibitor complexed with
receptor; I add hydrogens in INSIGHT II)

2)As James Caldwell wrote:
#HF/6-31G* SCF=tight Test Pop=MK iop(6/33=2) iop(6/42=6) opt

Is the tight convergence crucial (or better)? How much?

>>>>>iop(6/42=6) calculate 6 points per unit area for the ESP, default is 1
(I have no idea what the unit area
                                                    actually is)

Is this iop necessary? I hadn't seen this before........

Is multiple-conformation charge-fitting recommended? (generally or for my
case?) How many conformations do I need? How do I geneate them?

Thanks for your answers.

All the best,

      Martin

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