Martini Force Fields

Summary

This repository contains parameters of the Martini force field for version 3 and higher, released by the Marrink lab and collaborators. Details on parametrization of the bead-bead interactions and rules for creating new molecules can be found in the recent publication. The files, which contain the interaction and molecule definitions, are in GROMACS itp/top format. In addition, files in vermouth-format are present, which can be used by programs such as martinize2 or polyply. Such files store the definitions of the protein model for example. In the future this repository will expose python entry points for reading in and handling datafiles, both itp and ff with the vermouth python library. The python aspect of this package is currently under construction.

Force field interaction parameters are defined by the major releases (i.e. v3.X.Y) and follow a versioning scheme, which defines compatibility, as outlined below. Molecule parameters are defined by the major release and a single version indicator (e.g. martini_v3.0.0_ions_v1). Different versions typically refer to more refined models, where mapping, bead assigment or bonded interactions were updated.

To cite the Martini3 line of force fields (v3.X.Y) please use this citation. Please note that molecule parameters have been optimized in separate publications by great efforts of many people. To give appropriate credit, please also cite the applicable publications for the molecules you used (see Table below).

General versioning guidelines

Force fields moving forward will be called martini_vX.Y.Z

• X denotes some major change in bead-bead interaction levels and parametrization strategy
• Y denotes some changes in the interaction levels between beads
• Z is a bug fix version -- e.g. something we've caught and corrected.

Molecule itp file definitions moving forward will be called martini_vX.Y.Z_molecule_v.Q.itp All molecules are associated with a particular force field version they are compatible with.

• molecule denotes a particular class of molecules (e.g. ions, sugars, etc.)
• Q indicates different versions of molecule parameters in terms of mapping, bonded interactions, or bead assigments Q increases with the new parameters but does not get reset when changing the minor version

Vermouth ff file definitions moving forward will be stored in a directory named martiniXYZV

• moleculeXYZ referes to the major version the ff-files are compatible with
• V denotes changes made in the input files, similar to Q in the molecule files

References

A collection of references for specific and general molecule parameters for the Martini force-field.

Filename	Paper	Major Version	Release Date	Comments
martini_v3.X.Y	DOI	3	March 29th, 2021	version 3 interaction parameters
martini_v3.X.Y_small_molecules_v2.itp	DOI	3	December 30th, 2021	additional molecules & validation
martini_v3.X.Y_sugars_v2.itp	submitted	3	XXXXX	improved sugar parameters & additional molecules