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matchmaker output
by Elaine Meng 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

> I want to simplify the question I asked yesterday. Is there any way to > store the output of Match Maker, specifically the RMSD values for > every > residue and the list of residues in the alignment regions in an > external file from command line? Hello, I just wanted to bring up a related issue: the sequence alignment you get from MatchMaker is not a fully structure-based alignment. If the sequences are fairly easy to align, this is not an issue, but when sequence identity is low, you may want to generate a structure-based sequence alignment with Match->Align after superimposing the structures with MatchMaker. More explanation... by default, MatchMaker: (1) generates a pairwise sequence alignment using standard methods. Some structure information is used at this step because the alignment score includes both residue type (alanine, arginine, ...) and secondary structure (helix, strand ...). (2) uses the sequence alignment to fit the structures. At first all columns are used, but iterating the fit discards the columns where the structures match poorly in space. If there are sections of the alignment that are wrong, the iteration process tends to exclude them from fitting, resulting in a good-looking superposition. Therefore, a successful and correct superposition (as determined by eye) does not mean all the parts of the sequence alignment are right. If the sequences are similar enough that you don't think errors in the MatchMaker sequence alignment are an issue, saving the residue pairing and RMSD header (which for pairwise is simply the CA-CA distance) directly from that alignment is fine. If you are getting into the twilight zone of sequence similarity, I suggest running Match->Align on the superposition, then proceeding with that second sequence alignment instead. Another advantage of Match->Align is that it can make a single sequence alignment of >2 superimposed structures. <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/matchalign/matchal… > <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/matchmaker/matchma… > Best, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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structure matching
by Bala subramanian 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Hello all, 1) I have to superimpose two protein structures based on sequence matching say prot1 and prot2. Precisely matchmaker. My prot1 is a cryo electron microscopy structure, the structure is not continuous, it has missing residues and hence its pdb contains 3 Chains. My prot2 is a crystal structure, having one chain. I need your suggestion in superimposing these two structure wherever the sequences are matching. What i tried: I opened pro1 pdb and changed all chain names as A ( it contains chain A,B,C). Then i tried to superimpose with prot2, but matchmaker doesn work. 2) when i open molecules one by one, i need all the molecules appear in the center of the chimera window. How to set this in chimera. After opening the first pdb, when i open the second one, it is invisible. Thanks, Bala

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matchmaker output
by Karan Uppal 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello, I want to simplify the question I asked yesterday. Is there any way to store the output of Match Maker, specifically the RMSD values for every residue and the list of residues in the alignment regions in an external file from command line? Thank you -Karan

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Web Access Data
by Thiruvarangan Ramaraj 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello All, I created a session and saved it under .chimerax extension. I have a link to this session on a web page. When I click on this link I wanted the session to open directly using the chimera program. http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/webdata/webdata.ht… I tried to follow the instructions given in the above link, still I am unsuccessful in figuring it out. Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Thiru

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save image with --nogui
by Mark Moll 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I'd like to load some pdb files, change the view/colors/representation/ etc., and save the resulting view as an image. If possible, I'd like to do this in the background without the GUI. This doesn't seem to work. The latest daily build gives the errors below when using this simple script: import Midas Midas.copy(file='test.png', format='PNG', width=600, height=400) Should I be using a different command? > /Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/MacOS/chimera --nogui foo.pdb test.py Opening foo.pdb... Executing test.py...Rendering high resolution image... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/ __main__.py", line 65, in <module> value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv) File "/var/tmp/chimeraBuild_AGL/build/install/Chimera.app/Contents/ Resources/share/chimeraInit.py", line 420, in init chimera.openModels.open(a, prefixableType=1) File "/var/tmp/chimeraBuild_AGL/build/install/Chimera.app/Contents/ Resources/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 1368, in open File "/var/tmp/chimeraBuild_AGL/build/install/Chimera.app/Contents/ Resources/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 802, in _openPython File "test.py", line 10, in <module> Midas.copy(file='test.png', format='PNG', width=600, height=400) File "/var/tmp/chimeraBuild_AGL/build/install/Chimera.app/Contents/ Resources/share/Midas/__init__.py", line 1049, in copy File "/var/tmp/chimeraBuild_AGL/build/install/Chimera.app/Contents/ Resources/share/chimera/printer.py", line 1176, in saveImage AttributeError: '_chimera.NoGuiViewer' object has no attribute 'pilImages' Error while processing test.py: AttributeError: '_chimera.NoGuiViewer' object has no attribute 'pilImages' (see reply log for Python traceback info) -- Mark

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Saving MultAlign Viewer header information using python
by Karan Uppal 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hello, I am trying to write a Python script to extract the header information from the MultAlign Viewer tool. Are there any command-line commands to interface with this tool and save the header information without manually using the toolbar. Thank you -Karan Uppal

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finding salt bridges
by Elaine Meng 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

> Hi everybody, I just realized my previous suggestion would not include the positively charged histidines, and I have not been able to think of a selector for just those nitrogens. > Example commands to first select by atom type and then find the H- > bonds: > > sel O2- | O3- | N3+ | Ng+ > findhbond selRestrict both saveFile ~/mydir/myfile Sorry about that, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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Reverse of AddH
by Francesco Pietra 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Hi: Is it possible to remove all hydrogens by command, without intervening manually on the pdb file? I have to rmsd the starting (no H) pdb with the final structure after MD (with H). AddH command to the starting structure would place H not optimized, while MD has also changed the C-backbone conformation. Thanks francesco pietra

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solvent accessible area
by Bala subramanian 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

chimerians, I want to calculate the solvent accessible surface area for each atom and write it in the pdb file, kindly tell me how to do it. This is something i used to do with GRASP. it calculates the sasa for each atom and it can be written as a pdb file with sasa in the last column. Thanks, hve nice weekend Bala

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solvent accessible area
by Boaz Shaanan 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Hi Bala, The program areaimol in the ccp4 package will do just that (i.e. generate a pdb file with the sasa value in the b-factor column). Cheers, Boaz Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva 84105 Israel Phone: 972-8-647-2220 ; Fax: 646-1710 Skype: boaz.shaanan‎

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Multiscale model of RNAP : fibrous aspect
by Damien Larivière 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Dear Elaine, I used the Multiscale Model tool to create a low resolution surface of the PDB 1L9U (TAQ RNA polymerase). The attached image is what I got with a resolution 4 : a fibrous structure. So, I wonder what such a fibrous aspect means or whether it means the tool has some difficulties to create the surface with this specific protein ? Thanks for your help Damien

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How to refer to Chimera in a Newsletter
by Gary Newton 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Hello... I am writing a newsletter for the SER-CAT synchrotron beamlines sector 22 at APS - the newsletter is called the "SER-CAT Spectrum" and is distributed primarily to beamline users. I have included a simple protein drawing produced by CHIMERA and indicated that the drawing was produced by CHIMERA. Should I include a trademark symbol or perhaps a copyright symbol after the name? Thanks for any advice. Best, Gary Newton University of Georgia Athens, GA

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searching chimera archieve
by Bala subramanian 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Dear Elaine, Long time back, I posted a question on *searching chimera archive for a keyword*. Just for an example, i gave "salt bridge" as a key word in the following link, but it dose nt show me the queries on salt bridge in chimera archive. I dnt undertand why ?. It would helpful for chimera loves like me not to repeat same queries and also to understand all ways of analyzing salt bridge based on previous queries. I am sorry if this question is not relevant to chimera technical issues. http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/feedback.html Cheers, Bala

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how to quickly delete several markers
by Juha Huiskonen 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Dear Chimera developers & users, I am visualizing template matching results of volume data in Chimera, and I have to discard hundreds of false positives matches, represented as markers. Now I select some markers and then delete the selected markers from the Volume Path Tracer menu. This is quite slow, and for me it would be really handy, if I could delete (all linked) markers just by clicking (one of them) them. Maybe "delete markers with mouse" feature could be added to Volume Path Tracer module? Or is there already a faster way to do this? Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions! Juha -- Dr. Juha Huiskonen Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Department of Molecular Structural Biology Am Klopferspitz 18 D-82152 Martinsried Germany Tel: +49 89 8578-2632 Fax: +49 89 8578-2641 GSM: +49 176 20786875 E-mail: huiskone(a)biochem.mpg.de http://www.helsinki.fi/~huiskone/

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angles after match
by julien(GWDG) 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Dear all, thank you for the very nice software. I continuously like it. I have the following problem. For different molecules, I would like to know what are the transformation that link them. I can do for example match #0 #1 matrixget - From this matrix I have the rotation information and the translation information. I would like to extract the angles. For that I need to know what convention you used. I guess those are Euler angles (?), but I need to know what is the order of rotation xyz, xzy... Finally how do you get ride of the gimbal lock problem if you use Euler angles. Thank you for your constant help. (Sorry if this question is a duplicate) many greetings julien

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slab representation of nucleic acid
by Bala subramanian 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

The slab representation of nucleic acid under Depiction is not working. I made the following settings *show backbone as* atoms/bonds, *show sugar as* atoms/bonds, *show base* as slab. But the representation is not displayed on the screen. What could be the reason. I myself have used it before and i am not aware why this happens now. Regards, Bala

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finding salt bridges
by Elaine Meng 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

On Feb 24, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Jeremy Schmit wrote: > Does Chimera have a tool for identifying salt bridges? I was able > to use the findHbond tool to count intermolecular H-bonds in the > lysozyme crystal, but I can't seem to find an analogous tool for > salt bridges. In fact, the term "salt bridge" does not yield a > single result on the Chimera site. > Thanks, > Jeremy Hi Jeremy, There isn't a tool for specifically finding salt bridges, but you can consider them as a subset of hydrogen bonds. You could select only atoms in charged functional groups and then limit H-bond detection to that selection. Example commands to first select by atom type and then find the H-bonds: sel O2- | O3- | N3+ | Ng+ findhbond selRestrict both saveFile ~/mydir/myfile If the subunits of interest are different chains in the same model (same input file), you could then postprocess the output (for example, with "grep" on unix) to count only those between the chains. If each subunit is opened as a different model, you could add "intramodel false" to the findhbond command. There are analogous options on the FindHBond graphical interface: "Only find H-bonds with both ends selected" and find just the "inter-model" bonds. findhbond command: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/hbonds.html> findhbond GUI: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/findhbond/findhbon… > atom types: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/idatm.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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copy in a file the distance on the screen
by fabriceg＠univ-reunion.fr 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Dear Users, When analyzing a trajectory file, I would like to monitor a distance (or series of distances) and save it to a file for each frame (getting a time series). I can do it but the values remain on the screen only! I am sure there is a simple script for making this. Thanks for any answer. Best wishes. Fabriceg

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Sequence vs Sequence plot using minrms....
by Sergio Garay 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi all I run minrms with defaults values on my two proteins and I was able to obtain many useful alignments. But when I load the results on chimera, it doesn´t show me the sequence vs sequence plot. Is there any particular way to do that? Or there is any special minrms command (option) to obtain this? All the other plot were right (rms vs sequece and the alignment plot). Any help will be appreciated. -- Dr. Sergio Garay Facultad de Bioquimica y Cs. Biológicas Universidad Nacional del Litoral Santa Fe - Argentina C.C. 242 - Ciudad Universitaria - C.P. S3000ZAA Argentina Ph. +54 (342) 4575-213 Fax. +54 (342) 4575-221

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Match -> Align used with a pair of homodimers
by E. Merkley 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hello chimera friends: I am trying to get a structure-based sequence alignment for a pair of homologous proteins that are homodimers. If I proceed as described in the tutorial and in the 2006 BMC Bioinformatics paper, by first using Matchmaker, then using Match -> align, the Match -> Align fails to produce a reasonable alignment. The sequence identity from the Matchmaker output is 26.5%, but only 1.0 % from the Match -> Align step. If I delete the second monomer from each protein, Match -> Align works quite well. However, it seems like this alignment won't take into account any differences in the tertiary structure between the two proteins. That is, I think I want the global alignment of the whole dimer for the structural alignment, since the active sites is are at the interface. Any suggestions? I'm using version 1.2540, and my two proteins are PDB codes 1ds7 and 1nox (1nox dimer built from BIOMT matrix in Chimera and hand-edited to be 1 model with A and B chains). Thanks yet again, Eric

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Fwd: stereo view
by Francesco Pietra 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

It was a bad idea. What Jason initially suggested (save left-eye and right-eye) should work. What I have to manipulate images is only gimp, with which I am not very familiar. But it seems to have the capability of arranging the two saved files so as to get a stereo effect. There is even a (unofficial) plugin to remove unwanted space around. francesco ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francesco Pietra <chiendarret(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] stereo view To: Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> Hi Elaine: That makes problems as the referee just wants a stereo view of details of the binding site, which requires magnifying the figure. Is it any way to save a pdb file of the magnified zone alone? (to start from there to build a stereoview). Of course, the normal pdb saving of a magnified figure saves the coordinates for the whole. The only way I can conceive to get the coordinates of the binding site, and nothing else, is manually deleting rows from the pdb file. A tricky route because the chains start and return to the starting point and the binding site is on both strands. thanks francesco On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > I guess you could also save separate left eye and right eye images and put > them farther apart. That might also mess up the stereo effect, though. > Elaine > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Elaine Meng wrote: > >> Hi Francesco, >> There is a certain separation needed or else your eyes cannot form the >> stereo image. You could try zooming out so the atoms don't take up the >> whole window, or adjusting parameters in the Camera tool (under Tools -> >> Viewing Controls) but I usually don't mess with those camera parameters >> because you could disrupt the stereo viewing if you change them very much. >> Elaine >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> >>> Hi Elaine: >>> Is it any direct way to save stereoimages from magnified images? By >>> the normal route, the wall-eye couple of images are saved adjacent to >>> one another, with no space in between them. >>> >>> thanks >>> francesco >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Francesco, >>>> All of Jason's suggestions are good (thanks Jason!), and I only wanted >>>> to >>>> add a few things: >>>> >>>> (1) while the window will always be a rectangle, you could resize it so >>>> that >>>> there is a different ratio between height and width. If your long >>>> molecule >>>> is oriented across, you could resize the window to be less tall so that >>>> the >>>> width:height ratio is greater. Don't worry if the window is then >>>> filling >>>> less of your screen -- you can specify as high a resolution as you want >>>> in >>>> the File... Save Image dialog. Of course, with a given window size, you >>>> should scale up your molecule(s) to fill it as much as possible. In >>>> agreement with Jason, I think usually a white background is better than >>>> black for publication purposes. How to change background color is >>>> described >>>> near the top of the "Tips on Preparing Images": >>>> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#tips> >>>> >>>> (2) There is a section on saving stereo images near the bottom of that >>>> "Tips >>>> on Preparing Images" page (by the way, you can use "Help... Search >>>> Documentation" to look for help topics such as "stereo image"). I think >>>> journals usually show the "wall-eye" type of stereo, which can be >>>> achieved >>>> by saving one image in the wall-eye stereo mode, or by saving separate >>>> left >>>> and right views and placing them side by side with the left-eye view on >>>> the >>>> left and the right-eye view on the right. >>>> >>>> (3) just show the surface, adjust clipping and depth-cueing as Jason >>>> suggested, and use your artistic and scientific judgement as to whether >>>> it >>>> improves your image! There are additional suggestions for improving >>>> surface >>>> appearance in the "Tips on Preparing Images" page. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Elaine >>>> ----- >>>> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >>>> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab >>>> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry >>>> University of California, San Francisco >>>> http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, odonnell(a)chem.fsu.edu wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Francesco, >>>>> A couple of cents before the professionals respond with (very >>>>> likely) better ideas: >>>>> >>>>> In response to 1) Black is best for contrast but uses a lot of ink and >>>>> money. >>>>> White should be fine. >>>>> >>>>> n response to 2) If you go to TOOLS=>VIEWING CONTROLS=>CAMERA, you can >>>>> select various camera modes. CROSS-EYE stereo will put your chimera >>>>> graphic into cross-eye stereo. You can save an image as it is >>>>> displayed on the screen. But i find saving two images, stereo left eye >>>>> and stereo right eye better. Place these side by side in another >>>>> graphic program, (e.g Adobe illustrator) and voila, stereo viewing. >>>>> With two single images you can switch them around to alternate between >>>>> wall-eye and cross-eye. Also, with two images its easier to make the >>>>> distance between them a certain length, as journals are usually >>>>> stringent about how the stereo images are displayed. >>>>> >>>>> In response to 3)I'd to go TOOLS=>VIEWING CONTROLS=> SIDE VIEW and >>>>> slide the back and front yellow planes. This will create a slab >>>>> through your object removing other structural elements which might >>>>> complicate the image. Also, >>>>> try DEPTH CUEING under TOOLS=>VIEWING CONTROLS=> EFFECTS. tweak the >>>>> "start ratio and yon intensity to further remove emphasis on unwanted >>>>> objects. The Depth effects can make some really neat graphics >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> -Jason >>>>> >>>>> Quoting Francesco Pietra <chiendarret(a)gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi: >>>>>> >>>>>> I would greatly appreciate advice about the following requests >>>>>> (between "".."") by the referees (interaction between two proteins; >>>>>> graphics by chimera): >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) "there is way too much wasted black space in figures". >>>>>> >>>>>> As the complex of proteins is elongated along one axis, I found it >>>>>> unavoidable to have wasted space around. Perhaps using a white >>>>>> background in the hope that white is less offending than black? Or is >>>>>> it a way to tailor the background according to the shape of the >>>>>> object? >>>>>> >>>>>> 2) "a stereoview might be helpful for better understanding". >>>>>> >>>>>> How to fulfill this request with chimera I have no idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3) "a molecular surface representation of the docking site would be >>>>>> useful". >>>>>> >>>>>> I read on passing about molecular surfaces on this forum. Is that >>>>>> feasible for the highly complex situation of 3D perspective with so >>>>>> many atoms at different "layers"? >>>> >>>> >> > >

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Letter Reference for Amino Acid Atoms
by Sarah Himes 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi, My name is Sarah Himes. I'm a graduate student at the University of Maryland. I'm researching alkaline phosphatase for an advanced course. I'm using the file 1ALK in Chimera. I'm pretty familiar with Chimera but I had a question regarding the letter notation of amino acid atoms when you scroll over them. Here are some examples: His370 (NE2) Ser102 (CB) Ser102 (N) Asp327 (OD1) Asp327 (OD2) Glu322 (OE2) My question is, what do the letters in parentheses mean, what do they correspond to? When these letters show up in Chimera, there are no parentheses. I look forward to hearing from you shortly. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sarah Himes shimes(a)umd.edu 240-285-1251

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drawing parallelepiped
by Elaine Meng 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

On Feb 23, 2009, at 3:31 AM, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > For mono view figures, I wonder whether Chimera allows enclosing the > model in a parallelepiped. This would confer a sense of depth to a > very complex model (a complex of two proteins, partly in a lipidic > membrane. Hi Francesco, There are a few different possibilities: (a) make a PDB file with "atoms" at the corners and the desired bonds (described in CONECT lines), show as wire or stick. The Crystal Contacts tool uses that trick, but is unlikely to generate what you want in this case. You could try creating it interactively with markers and links using Volume Tracer, but probably just creating a PDB file in a text editor would be easier. (b) make a file in BILD format describing the parallelpiped outlines -- requires similar information as the above: coordinates of points at the corners and which points should be connected <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/bild.html> both (a) and (b) require you to figure out coordinates for the corners yourself... (c) a devious but easy way if you don't mind a rectangular box (all angles 90 degrees) is to use the "molmap" command to create a density map from the displayed atoms, but hide that map's contour surface and just show the box around it. For example, use the command: molmap @/display 2 <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/molmap.html> Then in the Volume Viewer dialog that appears, choose "Features... Data display options" and turn on "Show outline box" and also choose "File... Remove Surface." In that dialog you can also specify the color and linewidth of the outline. For conveying depth, you can also try adjusting the clipping planes in the Side View. If you put the back one closer to the atoms, the depth cueing "fog" will be more obvious. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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coloring the clipped surface
by Elaine Meng 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

On Feb 22, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Harinathachari Bahudhanapati wrote: > Dear Elaine, > Chimera is getting more exciting to work with than > ever. I think you guys are the best in the field. > About per-model clipping... > > When I tried, I was not able to find how to color the clipped plane > based on atom B-factors? I was able to give a color (single color) > only > but not based on atom B-factors or other attributes like SAS, SES, > electropotential. > I am not sure if modeled PDB files still have B-factor details. I saw > an image on the chimera website on the feature highlights (B-factor > coloring) and I wondered if I can get few more details on this > feature. > I am trying to make a few pictures for my paper. > Thank you elaine, > sincerely, > Hari > Dear Hari, Thanks for your kind words! Yes, there is a trick to coloring planar surface caps by B-factor or some other attribute, as in that figure: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/feature_highlights/2gbp-bfactor.png> First, color the atoms by the attribute (Tools... Depiction... Render by Attribute), which would also color the actual molecular surface but not the planar cap where it is clipped. Then, select the atoms and use Color Zone (also under Tools... Depiction) to color the planar cap to match the nearby atoms. Render by Attribute: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/render/ render.html#render> Color Zone: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/colorzone/ colorzone.html> I've been wanting to write a tutorial on how to make that figure, but haven't had the time! I also increased the "mesh subdivision factor" in the Surface Capping dialog to 3. Coloring by electrostatic potential is different than coloring by an atom attribute. To color the planar cap by electrostatic potential, you would use Electrostatic Surface Coloring, but it requires a potential map previously created with some other program such as DelPhi. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html

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multiple coloring
by Anindito Sen 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Dear All Please share with me as how to put multiple color to several pdb structures docked in a density map. Best Andy Dr. Anindito Sen (Ph.D) Research Associate , Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Virginia Box 800733 Charlottesville, VA 22908

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