May 2014 - Chimera-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

help with surface coloring
by Benda, Christian 09 May '14

09 May '14

Hello, sorry for a possibly stupid question but I seem to have a problem getting a molecular surface colored the same way as the atoms or ribbons of the underlying structure. Here’s what I did: - selected two domains of a larger protein separately (sequence viewer) and colored each domain differently (say green and blue, ribbons and atoms are in the respective color) - then selected the molecule in the model panel and clicked surface main - I get a surface, but it is either transparent grey or a solid color (pink) of the color well displayed in the model panel (not the domain colors I selected). - when opening the attributes of the surface, I can toggle between color source “atoms" or “model" but that only toggles between transparent gray and pink. I tried all kinds of combinations and clicks but I don’t manage to get the surface colored in the colors of the two domains. Any hint? It would be highly appreciated! Many thanks! Christian

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Re: [Chimera-users] Display a spider volume data in a specific orientation
by Elaine Meng 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi Zongli, This is not my area of expertise (our expert is currently out of town) -- at first I thought you could use "Transform Molecule Coordinates" (under Tools... Movement), but now I see that it works only on atomic structures rather than maps: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/transform/transfor… > It only works on molecular structures because it actually changes the atomic coordinates, without changing the model transformation. I've figured out one workaround, but it is both crazy and slightly tedious: (1) open your map (say as model 0). (2) open any atomic-resolution structure, it doesn't matter what, and open it twice -- now you have three models. Don't move them separately from the map (yet). Let's say the atomic structures are models 1 and 2. (3) use "Transform Molecule Coordinates" with desired Euler angles and shift on one copy of the atomic structure (say model 1). (4) use the match command to superimpose the other copy of the atomic structure on the one that was transformed: match #2 #1 (the command can use the whole models since they should have exactly the same atoms) (5) use the matrixcopy command to apply the transformation matrix of the second copy of the atomic structure to the map: matrixcopy 2 0 You might think "why do I need two copies of the atomic structure? can't I just transform one copy and then use matrixcopy?" ... in fact that's what I tried first, but after it didn't work, I realized it was because the Transform tool works by changing the coordinate values and not the stored matrix of the model. It is necessary to match the second copy to generate a corresponding matrix, and then matrixcopy can be used. I'm CC-ing the chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu list in case other Chimera users have suggestions. Our expert Tom G should be back next week and he might also have ideas. In general, it's better to send Chimera questions to that mailing list instead of just me, because I could be away from work or (like now) lacking a good answer! I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco On Apr 7, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Li, Zongli wrote: > Hi Elaine, > I have a spider volume data (or mrc density map) from which I got a > serious 2D projections. I have the Euler angles for each projection. > Is there a way in Chimera that I can use those Euler angles to > display the 3D spider volume data (or mrc density map) in a specific > orientation that corresponding to that 2D projection? > Thank you very much in advance. > Best, > Zongli > > **************************************** > Zongli Li, Ph.D. > > Howard Hughes Medical Institute > Department of Cell Biology > Harvard Medical School > C Building, Room 420B > 240 Longwood Avenue > Boston, MA 02115 > > Tel: 617-432-4095 (Office) > 617-432-4708 (EM Suite) > 617-432-4091 (Computer room) > Fax: 617-432-1144 > Email: zongli_li(a)hms.harvard.edu > *************************************** >

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Enquiry: Match Maker
by Anna Hernandez 06 May '14

06 May '14

Hi, I have a question regarding structural alignments with Match Maker. I would like to know if there is any way to obtain a list of all possible alignment solutions (or a subset) tested by Match Maker, instead of only the "best" one, so that I can further assess the different options manually. Specifically I am trying to find an homologous substructure/motif from my template structure within a query structure. The pattern to be searched is rather small as compared to the whole protein and it can be aligned in multiple positions. I would like to assess each of the possibilities more carefully based on the biological knowledge of the protein. Thank you in advance. Best wishes, Anna Hernandez

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Re: [Chimera-users] how to save distance to a file
by Eric Pettersen 05 May '14

05 May '14

On May 5, 2014, at 4:07 PM, chang YG <changyg2008(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Thank you very much for the quick response. I can't wait to try the script you provided. > > For the RMSD, I have two conformers for the same sequence. If I encounter any problem, I will give it my best shot before posting questions. In that case it should be easy: from chimera import openModels, Molecule m1, m2 = openModels.list(modelTypes=[Molecule]) import Midas rmsd = Midas.rmsd(m1.atoms, m2.atoms) etc. --Eric > > Yonggang > > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > On May 5, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > >> print>>f, a1, a2, diet > > Stupid auto-correct spelling. "diet" should be "dist". > > --Eric > >

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how to save distance to a file
by chang YG 05 May '14

05 May '14

Hi, Thanks for taking time to answer the questions. Could you advise me of how to save distances using a python script. Here is what I have: from chimera import runCommand as rc rc("open 1t4y") rc("distance :33@H :34@H") #how to save distance. Another related question: how to save "rmsd" of two structures using a python script? Thanks, Yonggang

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patching ACE NME
by Francesco Pietra 05 May '14

05 May '14

Hello; In parameterizing a new metal cluster, I would like to patch the various amino acids (which stand isolated from one another) with what are called by AMBER ACE and NME. I would like to do that within the whole block, not for each amino acid isolated from the block. Also, I would like to avoid tleap, which gets into troubles here. I could do that by modifying structure, but a problem arises of residue names, i.e, the original residue takes the name ACE or NME, or viceversa the capping groups take the name of the amino acid being capped. Is there a specific tool with chimera? thanks francesco pietra

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A question on tunnelling chimera through ssh between a linux server and OSX client
by Miguel Ortiz Lombardía 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Hi all, I understand that this is not a typical use of chimera, so I don't expect much support, but I would appreciate if someone can give me a clue to solve the issue... We have a GNU/Linux server (Debian wheezy) with some EM software installed on it. One of these programs calls at some point chimera to show something on which the user has to act upon (or just check, not sure, I'm not the user as you've guessed) This machine is accessed from client OSX machines via ssh. All permissions are set so X11 is seamlessly tunnelled between them (checked with many graphical programs) Now, for a OSX client running on 10.6.8 (snow leopard) and using Apple's X11 the whole process works without problems. But for a OSX on 10.7.5 (lion) with a parallel installation of Apple's X11 and Xquartz 2.7.5 the first small window opens and then the chimera process hangs (it can be killed via Ctrl-C, which returns the control to the program that launched chimera and things can proceed, though without the information provided by chimera) If I connect to the Linux server from the lion machine and directly execute chimera I make a different observation: the first small window opens but then chimera crashes leaving this error in the terminal: Error of failed request: GLXBadCurrentWindow Major opcode of failed request: 149 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent) Serial number of failed request: 1360 Current serial number in output stream: 1360 Now, I would appreciate any clues on the meaning and possible solution of this error or at least any directions on how to properly remove both Apple's X11 and Xquartz (they are supposed to be able to work side-by-side but I presume that a possible source of problems could arise from some conflict between them) AND re-install them to test them in a fresh install. Downgrading the lion machine to snow leopard does not seem to be an option... Thank you! Cheers, -- Miguel Ortiz Lombardía Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (UMR7257) CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université Case 932, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France Tel: +33(0) 491 82 86 44 Fax: +33(0) 491 26 67 20 mailto:miguel.ortiz-lombardia@afmb.univ-mrs.fr http://www.afmb.univ-mrs.fr/Miguel-Ortiz-Lombardia

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