The protonation degree of HIS can be changed by using the patch residues HISE and HISD that are defined in file ``tophcsdx.pro", which is located in the ``toppar" directory. The histidine patches can be invoked by using the patch statement; e.g.,
patch HISE reference=nil=( resid 14 ) endwill change the protonation degree of His-14 to that of a singly HE2-protonated histidine.