September 2021 - Chimera-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

Connecting ends of a peptide
by Nicole Ostrovsky 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Hello, I am trying to connect two sides of a peptide together to make it cyclic. Is there a way to do this that doesn't involve adding in another amino acid? I have been adding a glycine by individual atom using the modify structure tool but I'm wondering if I can do it a different way. Best, Nicole Ostrovsky

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Visualize chain break in Chimera
by Yu Zhou 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Dear all, I am going through a Rosetta protein-protein docking tutorial using Chimera as the structure viewer. There is a chain break in the structure used for this tutorial (3gbn), which is caused by a severed connection between residue 127 and 128. Such chain break needs to be identified and fixed in a structural model before it could be used for Rosetta simulation. This chain break can be easily identified in Pymol as it is displayed as a dotted line. However, I cannot see this chain break in Chimera (and ChimeraX) as the segment is rendered as a beta-sheet. Is there a way to visualize such chain break in Chimera? Thanks, Yu Zhou

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question about label chain?
by 朱玉威 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Dear developer， Could you kindly tell me how to label each chains. I need it to make a movie. Thank you very much. Best wishes!

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How to sequentially open PDB files using a "for loop" in the UCSF chimera's command line?
by Prathvi Singh 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

Greetings, Is it possible to use a "for loop" in the UCSF chimera's command line to open a PDB file, perform an action (say delete an atom), save the PDB file & close it, open the next PDB file, perform the same operation, save it & close it and so on. Thanks, Prathvi

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Setting Default Colors
by joshloecker＠icloud.com 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Hello, I have recently started using Chimera and I am having a problem setting a default color when starting a session (if this is possible). When I open a model, it opens in a tan color, which I like because it is easy to pick out other molecules, such as SO4, etc. However, when closing the session and opening the same model, it opens in a variety of other colors, such as bright red, pink, purple, orange, etc. that are distracting to what I am trying to do. I have found the section in Preferences > New Molecules to not use a new color for each model, but then if I load multiple models I cannot distinguish between them. I was wondering if it was possible to set a default color to open models in, or if I have to quit Chimera each time I open a single model in order to get the easy-to-see tan color? -- Thank you, Josh Loecker

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Question about using Chimera
by Zhuangwei Zhang 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Hello, Dear Chimera developers， I encountered some problems when dealing with complexes of peptide-protein docking，Chimera could not correctly recognize the peptide as a single ligand, but recognized the peptide as model 2 and the receptor protein as model 1. Like this: I would appreciate it if you could help me answer this question. Thank you. Zhuangwei zhang Zhejiang Oeacn University

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local docking
by Yanhe Zhao 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Greeting, I tried sequential fitting to fit 3 models to my maps. I was wondering that if I want to fix one model and do local fitting of another models with limited shift and rotation, what command with options should I use? Thanks and regards, Yanhe

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Fwd: Split, Crash out
by Tom Goddard 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

MJ reports that rebooting the computer fixed the Chimera crashes. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jeremy Jin > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] Split, Crash out > Date: September 5, 2021 at 10:28:02 PM PDT > To: Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu>, Tom Goddard <goddard(a)sonic.net> > > Hi Elaine adb Tom, > Sorry to bother, I tried again today, it worked, seems something wrong with my system or reboot several times works. I am also will try ChimeraX! Thanks! > > Best Regards! > MJ > > MJ, Mingliang Jin > Postdoc of Yifan Cheng’s Lab > Genentech Hall, UCSF Missionbay > Main Email: m.jin(a)msg.ucsf.edu > Tel: 415-2835-171 > > > >> On Sep 3, 2021, at 12:53, Tom Goddard <goddard(a)sonic.net> wrote: >> >> Hi MJ, >> >> Most Chimera crashes are caused by graphics driver bugs. Updating your graphics driver is the usual fix. You might try our newer program ChimeraX. We have only done basic maintenance on Chimera for the past 5 years. ChimeraX does a better job reporting diagnostics if a crash happens. >> >> Tom >> >>> On Sep 3, 2021, at 12:26 PM, Jeremy Jin via Chimera-users <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When I use chimera, I want to split a mode, as long as I split, the software just crashes out. >>> >>> It works very well before. Also it worked this morning, but after I split the model, fit to my map, it crashed out, then I restart, it showed the same problem. Then I re-installed the program, 2020-12-08 version, it crashed out even when I do split command. >>> >>> Best Regards! >>> MJ >>> >>> MJ, Mingliang Jin >>> Postdoc of Yifan Cheng’s Lab >>> Genentech Hall, UCSF Missionbay >>> Main Email: m.jin(a)msg.ucsf.edu >>> Tel: 415-2835-171 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chimera-users mailing list: Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >>> Manage subscription: https://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users >>> >> > >

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Copy protein orientation
by SANDOVAL, KENNETH 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

Hello, I wish to generate two images. The first is of protein A which is in session 1. The second is of protein A aligned with protein B using TM-Align which is in session 2. I wish for the alignment of the second image to be in the same orientation as the first with respect to protein A. Is there a feature which lets me do the following: 1) Identify orientation of protein A in session 1 2) Copy that orientation 3) Apply that orientation to protein A in session 2 4) Have protein B in session 2 remain aligned to protein A despite the new orientation Thank you, Kenneth Sandoval

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Split, Crash out
by Jeremy Jin 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Hi, When I use chimera, I want to split a mode, as long as I split, the software just crashes out. It works very well before. Also it worked this morning, but after I split the model, fit to my map, it crashed out, then I restart, it showed the same problem. Then I re-installed the program, 2020-12-08 version, it crashed out even when I do split command. Best Regards! MJ MJ, Mingliang Jin Postdoc of Yifan Cheng’s Lab Genentech Hall, UCSF Missionbay Main Email: m.jin(a)msg.ucsf.edu Tel: 415-2835-171

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