October 2024 - Chimera-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

ccp4 map from mtz
by Vitali James 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

Dear Greg, I just converted my mtz file in phenix to ccp4 maps. Chimera can open the mFo-DFc.ccp4 and 2mFo-DFc.ccp4 but how to fit pdb into the map?. Somehow the map does not appear as continuous crystals as in coot. Can you please explain how to align the pdb structure wuth the map. best James

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About using Chimera(X) in articles
by Elaheh Kashani-Amin 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Dear Chimera developers, We are a research and education group based in Iran and have been using Chimera(X) to teach our students about homology modeling and molecular docking. Recently, we discovered that our access to your website has been denied. Although we can access it via VPN, we would like to inquire if we can legally use Chimera(X) for academic purposes and cite it in our papers. We would greatly appreciate it if you could provide us with legal access to your products. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best regards Elaheh Kashani-Amin PhD, Molecular Medicine

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which file is the Modeller executable on linux?
by Elaine Meng 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Forwarding to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> so that somebody who knows the answer can respond. I don't know since I'm not on linux and do not use a local installation, sorry. That is the recommended address for asking questions about Chimera. Note that we do not actively develop Chimera any more. ChimeraX is recmomended instead -- it has essentially the same capabilities to interface with Modeller (local or web service) for loop modeling and for comparative modeling. The comparative modeling tool in ChimeraX is better than in Chimera, because it allows modeling multimers whereas the Chimera tool only allows modeling a single protein chain. Here are the help pages for the two ChimeraX tools, Model Loops and Modeller Comparative: <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/modeller.html> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/modeller.html> Also, there is a different address chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> for asking questions about ChimeraX. Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco > From: Modeller Caretaker <modeller-care(a)salilab.org> > Subject: Re: > Date: October 29, 2024 at 3:58:41 PM PDT > To: Yassin Ahmed <yassin.ahmed2200m(a)copharm.uobaghdad.edu.iq> > > On 10/29/24 8:12 AM, Yassin Ahmed wrote: >> Please l have download and installed modeller in my Linux system , >> now I want to run modeller locally by Chimera >> Please where can I find the "Modeller executable file location" and also where can I find the "custom Modeller script file location" ? ,,,, >> Because there are many files named modeller and mod in installation folder,so I am confused. Please guide me > > Hi Yassin, I'm not 100% sure what the Chimera developers mean by "Modeller executable file" so I've cc'd Elaine from the Chimera team, but assuming you're running the latest version of Modeller, they probably mean the mod10.6 script. Where that is depends on how you installed Modeller. If you used the RPM, it is /usr/bin/mod10.6. > > In most cases you would not need to change the Modeller script file, instead using that generated by Chimera, so you can leave that box blank, I think. > > Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker

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camera view
by Vitali James 29 Oct '24

29 Oct '24

Dear chimera users, My camera window view looks like green and gray lines. I attached the image as well. Can you please suggest why it looks like this? Best J. Vitali

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Request for Example Data for Visualization
by elzaferry9＠gmail.com 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

The content of this message was lost. It was probably cross-posted to multiple lists and previously handled on another list.

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Request for Example Data for Visualization
by lilei 27 Oct '24

27 Oct '24

Dear Chimera Development Team, I hope this message finds you well. My name is kevin, and I am currently working on a project that involves the use of UCSF Chimera for molecular visualization. I am reaching out to inquire if you could provide me with example data, particularly the "Example_FCTM" directory that contains the chimera_load.py script and other relevant files. Having access to this data would greatly assist me in understanding and utilizing Chimera more effectively for my work. Thank you for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response. Best regards,

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split local resolution map by color
by jp d 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

hi, i have a local resolution map from cryosparc i would like to split it by color (resolution) it seems like Tools -> Color zone may do this ? i can display the local resolution map and it colors correctly, but when i try to split it with color zone, it say the map has no color zone. any pointers or suggestion would be appreciated. thanks jpd

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Inquiry: Covalent bond distances
by Joshua Angelo Mandanas 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

Greetings from the Philippines! Hi, I am Assoc. Prof Joshua Angelo, a Lead Researcher. I am currently utilizing Chimera to analyze/visualize the docked structures I processed in ClusPro. In the course of my utilization with Chimera, I came across that majority of hydrogen bonds have closer atomic interactions (e.g. 1.8 Å- 2.5 Å), as opposed to covalent bonds (I usually get atomic distances more than 2.5 or 2 Å). Note, that I based the covalent bonds based on the label from the atomic distance and nature of the residues involved (e.g. S-O, C-O). I humbly would like to know why covalent bonds in UCSF Chimera have further atomic (residue) distances between inter-models? Is it because of torsions from nearby hydrogen bonds? Or torsions from the actual docked structure? Hope for your prompt response. Thank you very much! Best regards, JOSH

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Re: [chimerax-users] Issues accessing your websites
by Elaine Meng 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

See previous announcement forwarded below. To the best of my knowledge, we expect the websites etc. to be available again on Oct 21. They may be available earlier than that, but not be reliable (could go back down). Elaine > From: Elaine Meng via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: [chimerax-users] Oct 14-20 Chimera(X) website downtime > Date: October 10, 2024 at 11:38:29 AM PDT > To: ChimeraX Users Help <chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu>, "chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu List" <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Reply-To: Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > > Planned downtime for server maintenance: > > The Chimera and ChimeraX websites, Toolshed, web services (Blast Protein, Modeller, ...) and cgl.ucsf.edu e-mail will be unavailable starting Monday, October 14, 10 AM PDT and continuing for several days, potentially through the following weekend (October 14-20). > > Apologies for the inconvenience, > Elaine > ----- > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. > UCSF Chimera(X) team > Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry > University of California, San Francisco > On Oct 17, 2024, at 8:10 AM, Karp Mike (External) via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > We’ve been trying to install a chimerax plugin over the last few weeks and noticed we were unable to access the webpage the application tries to open (ChimeraX Toolshed). We checked and found this wasn’t accessible from multiple internet connections. > I’ve since noticed we are also unable to access any content on https://cgl.ucsf.edu > Are you aware of an issue with your web sites? > Regards, > Mike.Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are intended solely for the person(s) to whom they are addressed and contain information which is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure, except for the purpose for which they are intended. Dissemination, distribution, or reproduction by anyone other than the intended recipients is prohibited and may be illegal. If you are not an intended recipient, please immediately inform the sender and return the electronic mail and its attachments and destroy any copies which may be in your possession. UCB screens electronic mails for viruses but does not warrant that this electronic mail is free of any viruses. UCB accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this electronic mail. (Ref: #*UG1107) [Ref-UG1107] > _______________________________________________ > ChimeraX-users mailing list -- chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > To unsubscribe send an email to chimerax-users-leave(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > Archives: https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/

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Question about Ramachandran probability assignment to attributes
by Sergio Garay 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

Hi everyone! I have a question regarding the use of probability assignment to attributes: for example, if I take chain A of 1ay7.pdb, open the Ramachandran plot, and ask it to assign the probabilities as an attribute, then select all residues with a probability lower than 0.01, I end up with two selected residues, one in the allowed regions for alpha helices and another in the beta sheet regions. I expected that residues outside the allowed regions or near the edges of the allowed zones would be selected, not in the center of them. Can someone explain what my mistake is? Thanks a lot! Sergio -- *Dr. Sergio Garay* *Profesor Adjunto Càtedra de Práctica Profesional de Bioquímica* *Cátedra de Bioinformática* *Facultad de Bioquimica y Cs. BiológicasUniversidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe - ArgentinaC.C. 242 - Ciudad Universitaria - C.P. S3000ZAAArgentinaPh. +54 (342) 4575-213Fax. +54 (342) 4575-221 *

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