CHARMM Drude Force Field Files

This page includes the force field topology and parameter files for the polarizable force field based on the classical Drude oscillator model. The force field is actively undergoing development such that extensions as well as updates of the force field should be anticipated.

Utilities to convert CHARMM additive RTF and coordinate (pdb or crd format) files into Drude format files along with input files for MD simulations using CHARMM, OpenMM, and NAMD are available in the Drude Prepper module that is part of the CHARMM-GUI.

An overview of the methods and the FFParam tools to extend the Drude force fields may be found in the following publications: [DOI] and [DOI].

Files for CHARMM, OpenMM, and NAMD

Note that the format of the files is as CHARMM stream files (ie. toppar stream file) with each stream file containing both the RTF and parameter information for the specific classes of molecules. In all cases the master toppar file, that also contains the current protein Drude polarizable model, must be streamed first.

Current release: Includes 2023 update of all aspects of the force field except nucleic acids. See 00readme_2023_release.txt for additional details.

drude_toppar_2023.tgz

Previous releases:

2019 update of the protein force field, inclusion of halogen parameters, and extension of coverage of the carbohydrates. See 00readme_2019_release.txt for additional details.

drude_toppar_2019.tgz

2017 and 2018 updates of the nucleic acid force field of the lipid force (including a wider range of lipids) and extension of the carbohydrates to include glycosidic linkages allowing for treatment of poly and oligosaccharides.

drude_toppar_2018_10.tgz

drude_toppar_2015_7.tgz

First release of the Drude Force Field (not recommended):

drude_toppar_oct13.tgz

Files for GROMACS

Please see details in our recent publication regarding the implementation of the Drude force field and extended Lagrangian dynamics in GROMACS. At this time, only the NVT ensemble with the md-vv integrator is supported with the extended Lagrangian, but the SCF regime supports NVT and NPT with any integrator. The current tarball is only compatible with the latest version of the Drude code (see below) as it requires changes to the RTP format.

Code Distribution and Status

NOTE that the implementation of the Drude model in GROMACS is ongoing and is not yet integrated into a released version. NBTHOLE is not yet implemented, so please refer to nbthole.itp to see if your simulation requires NBTHOLE. If it does, run your simulation in CHARMM, OpenMM, or NAMD. Progress on the implementation of various features in GROMACS will be posted here and on the gmx-users mailing list.

The Drude-compatible GROMACS code can be accessed from the git repository via:

    git clone git://git.gromacs.org/gromacs.git
    cd gromacs
    git checkout drude
    

Compile and install as you would any other (post-5.0) GROMACS version. If you attempt to use ANY OTHER VERSION OF GROMACS, the Drude features will not be accessible.

Force Field Files

Current release:

drude-2013f_2018_10.tgz

Previous releases:

drude-2013b_16sep2016.tgz

Accessory Files

Click here for a pre-equilibrated box of SWM4-NDP water. Please note that the GROMACS implementation requires a different atom order for SWM4-NDP in order to use the SETTLE algorithm for constraints. Files prepared with CHARMM will not work.

Example input files (.mdp) for GROMACS are provided in the supporting information of the paper. PLEASE NOTE that the drude-rhyp keyword has been changed to drude-r during development since publication.