Hello--

>  
> I would like to calculate the structure of a protein of which
> N-terminal end is PCA (pyroglutamic acid).  Does anyone know how to
> edit XXX.pro and XXX.par files to define this non-standard amino
> acid, PCA?

As you found, PCA is not included in Xplor-NIH's distributed
topology/parameters. To obtain something which will likely work for
you I did this:

1) from the Xplor-NIH FAQ,
    https://nmr.cit.nih.gov/xplor-nih/faq.html#node0150.txt
  I found the like for the PDB Pigand Expo
    http://ligand-expo.rcsb.org/

2) There I searched up PCA, and grabbed the download:
    Component definition in mmCIF format

3) I ran eginput/PSF_generation/genLigandCif.py from the Xplor-NIH
   distribution:
     ./genLigandCif.py PCA
   which generated .top and .par files. These I edited to remove the
   C-terminal OH group, and added back the bond, angle and improper
   parameters required for linking to the next residue. I have
   attached the modified .top and .par files.

4) I have also included a short generation script, which shows how
   these files might be used in a script. Here, I test the top/par
   files by generating and writing out a two residue peptide with
   sequence "PCA ALA"

Please let me know if you have questions.

Charles


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