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PyPE_RESP: A Tool to Facilitate and Standardize Derivation of RESP Charges
Marco Lapsien1, Michele Bonus1, Lianne Gahan2
1Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry & Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Abstract:
We introduce PyPE_RESP, a tool to facilitate and standardize partial atomic charge derivation using the Restrained Electrostatic Potential (RESP) approach. PyPE_RESP builds upon the open-source Python package RDKit for chemoinformatics and the AMBER suite for molecular simulations. PyPE_RESP provides an easy setup of multiconformer and multimolecule RESP fitting while allowing a comprehensive definition of charge constraint groups through multiple methods. As a command line tool, PyPE_RESP can be integrated into batch processes. The software enables the derivation of partial atomic charges for additive and polarizable force fields. It outputs constraint group and nonconstraint group charges to give an immediate overview of the fit result. PyPE_RESP will be distributed with AmberTools and compatible with most computing platforms.
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