Dear gmx-users,
I'm working on a protein of the family of green fluorescent proteins,
which has a cofactor formed by the rearrangement of three residues that
cyclized forming a complex heterocyclic fluorescent probe. This probe is
covalently bound to the protein and is part of the backbone; in the PDB
file it is marked as HETATM in the middle of the protein sequence which
is: ...S61-H62-V63-CFY66-H68...
I really do not know how to deal with the topology of this residue and
with the fact that the protein sequence is interrupted. I don't know if
I have to manage this residue as a new residue to be added in the force
field; please take into account that this residue is bound to V63 and
H68 with covalent bonds similar, but not strictly identical, to peptide
bonds. I found in the gmx-users archive a suggestion about how to manage
the topology of a Lysine bound to pyridoxal phosphate, but that
situation is different from mine, since Lysine is a "regular" residue
"regularly" forming peptide bonds with its adjacent residues, and which
is attached to PLP with its terminal side chain NZ atom, whereas in my
case a heterocyclic molecules is forming peptide-like bonds with
adjacent residues. Moreover, mine is not the case of a N-ter or a C-ter
residue somehow modified: this heterocyclic compound is in the middle of
protein sequence.
Can somebody suggest me a strategy on how to proceed?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Anna
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