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PDB Header via command line?
by Korbin West 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Hi, I'm trying to find missing atoms in certain residues. I know they are in the pdb header information, but is there a way I can use Chimera or python script to access this using the command line only? I have a large number of proteins to go through, so checking them all individually is not really efficient. Korbin West

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Split chimera screen
by Ibai Irastorza 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

Hello, I want to show 2 structures in chimera. I want them to be in different chimera sessions, but then, I want them to be dependant, so when I move one structure, the other structure also moves accordingly. For that matter, I would also like both structures to be in the "same perspective". How could I do that? Thanks a lot and long live chimera! Ibai Irastorza Azkarate, PhD Student Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo CABD Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera km1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain http://www.cabd.es/en-research_groups-104-247-microbiology-s-platypus-summa…

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Reading Chimera source ...?
by Boris Steipe 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

Hi - I'm new to writing Chimera code; I've started poking around in the sample scripts and the modules but and I find it a bit slow to find my way around. For example I would like to perform some simple calculations on the coordinates of a set of selected atoms, and I see many functions that take a "sel" argument, but I can't seem to find documentation on exactly what that argument is expected to contain, or the function that would return such a selection list (is it even a list) of objects. I'm sure if I spend more time, through trial and error and dir() and grep, I'll eventually figure it out, but I wonder if there isn't a more principled approach - a document on the big picture of how the code is structured, and/or a searchable list of all functions? What's the best strategy to start reading and coding Chimera scripts? Thanks! Boris

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aligning molecules
by Elaine Meng 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

On Nov 14, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Bhaskar Bagchi <bhaskarbagchi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Respected Sir > I want to align ligands after docking study. Is it possible in chimera? Please help me. > Thanking you Yours faithfully, > Bhaskar Bagchi > Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics Lab Department of Chemistry, Raiganj College Dear Bhaskar Bagchi, I may not understand your question very well, because if you align the molecules they would no longer be in their docked positions. However, there are several ways to align molecules in Chimera. If non-protein, you would probably want to use the “match” command, but this also requires specifying the atoms to use, in the right order, if the two molecules don’t have all the same atom names. See documentation for ways to align, and the “match” command specifically: <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/superposition.html> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/match.html See also related command “rmsd” and the “ViewDock” tool for looking at docking results. <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/rmsd.html> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/viewdock/framevd.…> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/tutorials/vdtut.html> It is recommended to send Chimera questions to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu (CC’d here) rather than to my individual address. Best, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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Can 'readstdin' capture stderr output?
by Mungo Carstairs 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello, I am working on ?driving Chimera from Jalview using the stdin/stdout mechanism (expecting to migrate to REST in future). I have a case where a 'match' command fails, but the stdout response does not show this. Using the Chimera command line I can see a message (I guess to stderr) 'Unequal numbers of atoms chosen for evaluation' but in stdout I just see the same message as for a successful match e.g.: 'Executing match ['#1:1-69.B,96.B@CA', '#0:1-69.A,96.A@CA'], no iteration' Is there a way to detect that the match has failed and/or capture the stderr output? Thanks, Mungo Carstairs http://www.jalview.org The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096

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Detection of sterical clashes within selection
by James Starlight 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Dear Chimera users! This timeI'm writing of some automatic script aimed on the embedding of the receptors into the membrane consisted of the pre-equilibrated lipids as well as hole for the protein. The main issue that some of the receptors consist of the bulky PHE or TRP side chains on their surface which are overlap with the lipids atoms. As the result subsequent MD simulation of these systems is crushed although of long minimization stage prior to it. I'll be very thankful if someone provide me with some Chimera's command for automatic detection of these steric clashes (overlapped atoms) for a given selection (e.g protein and lipids) based on which I'll be able to write automatic python script. Thanks for help, James

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Morph conformations feature request
by Oliver Clarke 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Greetings, I like the “Morph Conformations” tool in chimera, and use it a lot (as well as the equivalent tool for maps). In particular, I will often record a movie with the “encode forward then back” option selected, as I find this gives a much better looping animation that is easier to interpret. When playing the movie from within chimera (In the “MD Movie: Molecular Movement of Morph” dialog”), however, this option is not available - one can loop the animation, but it just jumps back to the start after completion, which can look rather jerky and disjointed, rather than playing forward then back, which I find gives a smoother animation that is better for analyzing the meaning of any conformational change. Would it be possible to add an alternative checkbox, next to “Loop”, to make this option available? Best, Oliver.

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Disulfide bond for minimization?
by Jean Didier Pie Marechal 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Dear all, I am trying to minimize a structure with a disulfide bond. My initial pdb has a CYM residue for amino acids involved in the bridge. Chimera correctly recognize the binding. But when entering the minimization run, chimera complains about the atoms of the cysteinate residues. Before sending you files I was just wondering if this is something that is not implemented in chimera or a problem on how I prepare my structure. Best regards, JD

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new Chimera release (v1.10)
by Elaine Meng 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hello everybody, A new production release of UCSF Chimera (version 1.10) is available: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html Download is free for noncommercial use. Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X (including Yosemite), Linux. This will be the last release to support OS X 10.6 and 10.7. New since version 1.9: Protein contact maps color-coded by distance, PDB biounit and CATH domain web fetch, plotting all-atom and backbone RMSDs along sequence alignments (previously only alpha-carbon RMSDs), update to AmberTools 14, "vop scale" density map normalization, Modeller dialog allows specifying distance restraints, further implementation of the MultiDomain Assembler homology-modeling pipeline. More details are given below; see release notes for the full list: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/relnotes/1.10.html I/O, Display: * new web fetch options: PDB biounit, CATH domain * improved New Molecules preferences (initial structure display) * protein SSE (secondary structure element) inserted into up/down-arrow selection cascade * shortcuts rn, rp, ri to shift the selection to the next, previous, and intervening residues in a chain * "rainbow" command can assign a unique color to each SSE * green-magenta (trioscopic) stereo mode * new input format: COLLADA (.dae) Structure Analysis and Modeling: * new RR Distance Maps tool: protein contact maps color-coded by distance (and/or std dev, if comparing structures) * update to AmberTools 14 (new force field options) * Multalign Viewer sequence alignment window: - can plot backbone and all-atom RMSDs, not just CA-RMSDs - show feature annotations from NCBI Conserved Domain Database - search by full or partial sequence name * structure-derived amino acid substitution matrices SDM, HSDM (more choices for sequence alignment and conservation calcs) * Modeller options: thorough optimization, distance restraints * "mda" command (MultiDomain Assembler): - shows BLAST alignment in Multalign Viewer - provides more options for template selection - calls Modeller dialog Volume Data (density maps, electrostatic potential): * "vop" command new options: take pointwise minimum of two or more maps, skeletonize, normalize density maps * "vseries measure" to track isosurface area, enclosed volume, and centroid position across time series Enjoy! On behalf of the Chimera team, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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command line filter
by Dieter Blaas 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hi, I'd like to simplify the "volume filter" command by entering it via command line. Is this possible? I'd like to filter several volumes at once with a Gaussian filter of, say, 4. Thanks a lot, Dieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dieter Blaas, Max F. Perutz Laboratories Medical University of Vienna, Inst. Med. Biochem., Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr Gasse 9/3, A-1030 Vienna, Austria, Tel: 0043 1 4277 61630, Fax: 0043 1 4277 9616, e-mail: dieter.blaas(a)meduniwien.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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