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Re: [Chimera-users] Morph Help
by Elaine Meng 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Hi Debamita (Paul), You may not always be able to get the trajectory you want. All I can suggest is to try: (1) changing morph parameters. You did not say whether you were using Chimera or ChimeraX. Both allow changing method and core fraction, or forcing Cartesian intermediates (the latter has not been useful in the cases I’ve worked on, however). ChimeraX also allows changing hinge spacing. <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/morph/morph.html> <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/morph.html> (1b) Chimera has an option to minimize each frame, but it also has limited ability to “rescue” bad conformations, and it will take a lot longer to calculate your morph trajectory. (2) more difficult, if (1) does not solve your problem: manually create intermediate states to “guide” the overall trajectory and then morph in more stages involving these intermediates. I.e instead of morphing 1->2, create 1a and possibly 1b etc. then morph 1->1a->1b->2. I hope this helps. For future reference, to make it more likely you get your questions answered, please send to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu or chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu (depending on which program you’re asking about). Thanks, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco > On Feb 25, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Paul, Debamita <Debamita_Paul(a)baylor.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to morph two structures having a DNA lesion (6-4 Photoproduct). However the movie is showing weird geometry in the intermediate steps. Is there a way I can provide the parameter file for the 6-4 so that the geometry is not messed up. > > Thanks > Debamita

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Chimera using question
by Khải Trần Gia 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Dear Mr/Mrs, I am a person using Chimera to adding missing residues to a protein from Protein Data Bank. My protein has 2 chains: A and B which both have missing residues. I have used Chimera tools compliment with Modeller to adding missing residues in both chain. The problem is I want to save the whole protein which consists of 2 fixed chains, however when I saved with PDB it only show 1 chain. How can I do that? I am looking forward for your replying. Thank you. Best regards, Khai.

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Chimera Help
by Debamita Paul 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

morphg5-xtal_0222_new.pdb <https://drive.google.com/a/cornell.edu/file/d/1t0Up4tsMWqLe7ipmUEfRzth0OFNN…> morphg5-xtal_0222_new.pdb <https://drive.google.com/a/cornell.edu/file/d/1C_cQTG9d5k10rKOQnW_XayfDGZt1…> Hi Dr. Meng, I emailed you earlier about having trouble in morphing two structures of a DNA bound protein. The DNA has 6-4 photo lesion. I am attaching the pdb files and the morph results (64_IB to 6cfi). You can see in the morph

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Can Chimera read electron density difference map files from RIDL?
by Murpholino Peligro 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Here is what RIDL is https://github.com/GarmanGroup/RIDL I can open the map in coot specifying is a difference map and it opens nicely over the protein. In chimera I can open the map but .....all my clicks won't reproduce the coot behavior :P ... Thanks

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Seeking for help
by temban billyhp 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

SirI prepared the DNA molecule using the dock prep with its default options but when I lunched auto dock vina alongside with my ligand, I received a message that auto dock vina cannot prepare the receptor due to an error. How can I solve this problem. I will be greatful listening from you. Best wishes. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Installation problem on Fedora 29
by Murpholino Peligro 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

[murphy@eva02 Downloads]$ ./chimera.bin UnZipSFX 5.41 of 16 April 2000, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs(a)lists.wku.edu) Original path: '/home/murphy/Downloads' inflating: chimera_install_6JK7q6/installer inflating: chimera_install_6JK7q6/chimera.bin Enter install location: ~/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1 Extracting files. This may take a few minutes. Executing command: './chimera.bin -q -d /home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1' UnZipSFX 5.52 of 28 February 2005, by Info-ZIP (http://www.info-zip.org) Install desktop menu and icon? yes Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/__main__.py", line 73, in <module> value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv) File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/chimeraInit.py", line 666, in init import chimera File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 2777, in <module> from SimpleSession import BEGIN_RESTORE_SESSION, END_RESTORE_SESSION File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/SimpleSession/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from save import saveSession, sessionID, noAutoRestore, autoRestorable, \ File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/SimpleSession/save.py", line 13, in <module> from chimera import replyobj, selection, SessionPDBio, version File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 24, in <module> import Tkinter File "/home/murphy/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.13.1/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk ImportError: /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var ERROR in chimera_final_install: unable to install desktop icon: result code from installer: 256 Installer returned unexpected return code '256' Cleaning up extract dir, 'chimera_install_6JK7q6' Installation is done; press return. Help please.

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how to hide just H-bonds between water molecules with themselves?
by masoud aliyar 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

Hello I want to find H-bonds between 3 residues and the ligand and the water molecules around the ligand in 3 angstrom, but I don’t want H-bonds between water molecules. I Just want h-bonds between residues together and residues with ligand and residues and ligand with water. I have used Per-Frame script system. But I have two problems. First, if I set selection mode on replace mode and write this script: ********************* ~display :SOL zonesel :279 3 :SOL select up display sel select :38:53:147:279 findhbond linewidth 3 color blue selRestrict :SOL:38:53:147:279 ********************* The result is fine and H-bonds that I want were display. But if I apply this script, the system searches every water residues for find H-bond and take a lot of time per frame. second, if I set selection mode on append and write this script: ********************* ~display :SOL zonesel :279 3 :SOL select up display sel select :38:53:147:279 findhbond linewidth 3 color blue selRestrict both ********************* The calculations are going faster, but also, show H-bonds between water molecules with themselves that I don’t want it. How can I hide H-bonds between water molecule with themselves but H-bonds between selected residues and ligand and water retain? Thank you, everyone,

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Defining CMYK color scheme for color actions
by Boaz Shaanan 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Hi, Some journals require usage of CMYK color scheme. I see that the CMYK option exists in the color editor but is it possible to define CMYK for all the color actions (actions --> color) without having to go through the color editor for each color? Or am I missing something altogether? Thanks for you advice, Boaz Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva 84105 Israel E-mail: bshaanan(a)bgu.ac.il Phone: 972-8-647-2220 Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710

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Measure angle and effect length
by Shishir Adhikari 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Hi, What is the correct way to measure the angle between the EGF and Lectin domain of L-selectin: 3CFW and also the effective length of those domains? What is the difference between Helical correction and mass weighting? When should I use Helical correction and mass weighting? How is the length of the axis is determined? Is there a way to pick the length of the axis to be the effective length of the domain? Thanks

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ViewDock tool not showing PDBQT vina output file
by Walker, Kevin 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

The subject line summarizes the challenge. I can open all other file types of interest (pdb, pyc, py) for viewing. However, I am unable to open a pdbqt vinaout file within Chimera 1.13. The result: Chimera session freezes and can only be shut down through the Windows 10 task manager. Have uninstall and reinstalled Chimera, cycled computer off and back on, and updated graphic driver and rolled by graphic driver to previous version, all to no avail. Windows 10 64-bit Chimera 1.13 Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 480 Memory: 11 GB

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Chimera PDB2PQR
by Sowmya Indrakumar 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Dear Developers, I am try to use Chmiera for electrostatic calculations. I first make the PQR file using the PDB2PQR at different pH, however I do not see a change in the total charge, the REMARK section shows that total charge is 1 always. I'm using the default setting as shown in the attached screenshot. Please let me know what might be going wrong? I installed the new version twice. Thanks a lot for your help! Regards Sowmya [cid:cdf013bd-01d5-4d3d-9dd2-554c27674417]

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Chimera
by Giovanny Rincon S 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Hello, I am a graduate student in Balearic Islands, I am doing a protein study with Chimera, I wanted to ask if it is possible to change the background color to White. Thank you so Much

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Broad selection with command
by masoud aliyar 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

I use "zonesel" command to select SOL residues around ligand. but this command did not select entire residue and just select atoms that are the given zone.how can I use command-line to broaden residue selection and select entire residue atoms?. I know I can use the keyboard to broaden selection, but I want to use the command-line

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STL/OBJ 3D models exported by Chimera cannot be read in Office 2019
by Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra Pedregal 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hi, Chimera team! I have recently discovered that Office 2019 has support for 3D objects that can be rotated, animated, zoomed... So I was curious about the possibilities for our molecular presentations. I knew Chimera allows to export molecules to several 3D formats and crossed my fingers so there was at least one format supported by Office. - Good news: there are two! STL and OBJ are both exported by Chimera and supported by Office. - Bad news: while the files can be correctly "loaded" in Office, they are not displayed at all! "Image could not be shown". Is this something that must be addressed in Chimera or is Microsoft's fault? The error message is very succinct and does not provide more details. I have attached the files I created with Chimera just in case. Thank you very much! Jaime.

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Chimera laptop features required
by p.tapi＠alice.it 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Sir, I'm going to use USFC Chimera program working for La Sapienza University in Rome Italy ... before to get the program, I would like to understand the best recommended laptop features to easy run the program under Microsoft Windows WIN 10 platform .. May you answer me regarding the main laptop features ( CPU type, speed, RAM, SSD, screen resolution, etc ) you recommended ? What you suggestions ? Thanks in advance Regards Silvia Taglieri Rome Italy

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linking plane slider among between volume models
by Michael Elbaum 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Hi. I'm looking at volume and surface data simultaneously. I'd like to select a range of planes, and then when I change the selection to have it apply to both datasets. For example I'm looking at density in "solid" mode together with a smoothed isosurface. To keep them in step I should change the setting manually (in the gui) for each dataset individually. It's surprisingly easy to lose the precise overlap. It would be helpful to choose the datasets to which the planes parameters apply. Perhaps there's a non-gui way to do this? If not possible in Classic Chimera, then please just consider as a suggestion for ChimeraX. thanks, Michael

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Re: [Chimera-users] [chimerax-users] Can ChimeraX morph between two surfaces?
by Steve Chou 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Hi Elaine, Thanks for your detailed explanation! What's the format of the pseudobond file? Should it look like this? =============================== #1/A:13@NE2 #1/A:502@MG =============================== All the best, Steve On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 7:43 PM Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: > Hi Steve, > Actually I’m surprised the Mg and water were included (even if present at > both ends) because I thought they had to be tethered by a bond or > pseudobond (like a distance measurement) to the biopolymer chain, as > described here under “Atoms in Common”: > > <http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/morph.html#pairing> > > For the case where composition changes, you could add in a fake Mg ion and > water to the structure that’s missing them, but you’d have to decide where > to put them. Also it was my understanding that they had to be tethered to > the biopolymer chain (e.g. add distance measurement, which can then be > hidden), but maybe that requirement has changed, or the Mg does already > have a metal-coordination pseudobond to the biopolymer. > > Or if you don’t care if the Mg or water move during the morph, you could > just display those atoms from the original model (that was input to > morphing) even though they are not present in the trajectory. > Elaine > ----- > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. > UCSF Chimera(X) team > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry > University of California, San Francisco > > > On Feb 14, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Steve Chou <stevezchou(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Elaine! > > You command "rainbow structures" works beautifully. > > There is "a Mg ion" and "a water molecule" in the two conformations. > > (1) If the two conformations have exactly the same compositions (by > shifting the structure), the "Mg ion" and the "water molecule" do not > follow the same path as the protein. They move but separate from the > protein. > > (2) If the two conformations have slightly different compositions, the > "Mg ion" and the "water molecule" do not show up in the morphed pdb > ensemble. > > Is there a way to morph the specific components properly? > > Steve > > > >

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Error while doing autodock vina via chimera
by Sourav Mondal 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

I was tring to dock the phytochemical (cid-3114) with protein (pdb id -5YFN) , this is the error I am getting. What is the reason for the error? How to overcome this error? Model 0 (human isocitrate dehydrogenase.pdb) appears to be a protein without secondary structure assignments. Automatically computing assignments using 'ksdssp' and parameter values: energy cutoff -0.5 minimum helix length 3 minimum strand length 3 Use command 'help ksdssp' for more information. No SEQRES records for human isocitrate dehydrogenase.pdb (#0) chain C; guessing terminii instead Chain-initial residues that are actual N terminii: Chain-initial residues that are not actual N terminii: #0 LYS 1.C Chain-final residues that are actual C terminii: #0 MG 410.C Chain-final residues that are not actual C terminii: 396 hydrogen bonds Hydrogens added Wrote E:\Sem 1\BIOINFO\human_isd_3114.receptor.pdb Sorry, there are no Gasteiger parameters available for atom human_isd_3114.receptor:C:NAP409:O2B Sorry, there are no Gasteiger parameters available for atom human_isd_3114.receptor:C:NAP409:O2D Unable to assign MAP type to atom Mg Sorry, there are no Gasteiger parameters available for atom human_isd_3114.receptor:C:MG 410:MG Wrote E:\Sem 1\BIOINFO\human_isd_3114.ligand.pdb Autodock Vina ligand docking initiated for human isocitrate dehydrogenase.pdb Status file contents: 1 1550389354.82 1550389354.92 Running AutoDock Vina for human isocitrate dehydrogenase.pdb failed; see Reply Log for more information Application stderr ----- Parse error on line 4016 in file "receptor.pdbqt": ATOM syntax incorrect: "Ho" is not a valid AutoDock type. Note that AutoDock atom types are case-sensitive. ----- Application stdout ----- ################################################################# # If you used AutoDock Vina in your work, please cite: # # # # O. Trott, A. J. Olson, # # AutoDock Vina: improving the speed and accuracy of docking # # with a new scoring function, efficient optimization and # # multithreading, Journal of Computational Chemistry 31 (2010) # # 455-461 # # # # DOI 10.1002/jcc.21334 # # # # Please see http://vina.scripps.edu for more information. # ################################################################# WARNING: The search space volume > 27000 Angstrom^3 (See FAQ) Detected 8 CPUs WARNING: at low exhaustiveness, it may be impossible to utilize all CPUs Reading input ... ----- Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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rmf3 control in Chimera
by Daniel Ziemianowicz 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

Hello, I can't find anything about this online, but I was told that there should be some control on the components of rmf3 files. Specifically, I would like to map my data onto an rmf structure from IMP. Normally I would use render/define attribute for some types of data and xlinkanalyzer plugin for crosslink data. However, I can't quite figure out how to control rmf structures in this same manner. I am hoping I could do something like this: given a bead with residue x and another bead containing residue y, I can map a crosslink to those beads. Likewise, with render by attribute, I can color the beads containing the relevant residues. The farthest I was able to get was reading the rmfalias documentation but that is also a bit confusing and I was not able to perform the aliasing - specifically it says rmfalias [ depth N ] [ skip_prefix M ] [ rmf filename ] as the command but then it gives an example filename/nodename1/nodename2/nodename3 which seems to contradict the "usage" format. Either way I was not able to select or alias-name the beads I would like. Below I attached an example of the hierarchy in my file, how can I select e.g. "13-22_bead" of "EED"? I hope this was not a confusing question, let me know if I need to clarify. I can also email Ben Webb from the Sali lab if this is more relevant for them. Thank you, Dan [cid:image001.png@01D4C486.CABA8470]

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Question about AutoDock
by Cassidy Terrell 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Hello, I am using the AutoDock feature in UCSF Chimera and after clicking "Apply" everything appears to work normally and then program says: E*xecution complete - check outputs to verify successful execution* In the past a ViewDock window with the results would automatically pop-up after the execution completed - however this is no longer happening and I do not know how to access the output files. The program did not write a *name.pdbqt *file - all other files are there though. Any suggestions for accessing the output file would be much appreciated!! -- Cassidy R. Terrell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry University of Minnesota, Rochester 111 South Broadway Rochester, MN 55904 *Always believe something wonderful is about to happen*

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Troubleshooting Docking Problem
by Alexandru Buhimschi 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Hello- I have been trying to perform a docking search for small molecule binding to a B-DNA double helix (e.g. 1ZFH). Unfortunately, when I set up the ligand and receptor, I receive the following error: IndexError: list index out of range Receptor preparation for AutoDock Vina failed; please look in Reply Log to see error messages. cannot prepare receptor for AutoDock Vina; please look in Reply Log and/or run Chimera with --debug flag to see errors. I am not sure what I can do to address this, but I have tried multiple DNA structures and the result appears to be the same. I have also encountered this error which I could not resolve either: ValueError: Could not find atomic number for Ha Ha > failed to prepare receptor for AutoDock Vina; please look in Reply Log to see errors. Please let me know if there is anything I should do to address this issue. Best, Alex

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Measure unmodeled density
by Chen Sun 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Dear Chimera users, I have a map with extra density in it and I'd like to know the volume of the extra density. So is there an existing command in Chimera that can measure the volume of unmodeled density? Best regards, Chen Chen Sun Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology 240 S.Martin Jischke Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907 "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. --Bertrand Russell"

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Volume Viewer Planes
by Michael Elbaum 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

Hi. Here's an issue regarding the use of "Planes" in the Volume Viewer, not really a proper bug but often an inconvenience. When I choose a subset of Planes there is obviously some calculation, and the calculation has to be redone when I move the slider. For a large volume this can be very slow, especially for Surface rendering. If I use the number box to save time, the calculation updates for each change "instantaneously", meaning slowly. For example if I want to move from 110 to 85, the calculation updates for 11, 1, 8, and 85. I think it would be more efficient to wait for an Enter, or even just to add a delay of 2-3 seconds. I hope you can consider this in future versions. thanks, Michael

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Linking structure to Multialign viewer
by Ahmad Khalifa 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

I have multiple copies of the same structure open. How to link specific chains of model IDs to Multialign viewer, to be able to highlight sequence of the residues I select? Thanks.

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using a surface as a mask for a volume
by Michael Elbaum 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Hi. I have a volume (EM tomography data) which I display together with a surface. I'd like to use that surface to mask away the volume elements that lie outside the surface boundary. Is it possible to define and display a restricted region this way? It's similar to Segment Map but without the segmentation step. thanks, Michael

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Does UCSF Chimera support RTX 2080 Ti?
by Jun Ha Song 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Dear RBVI, I am currently deciding which graphic card to upgrade to, and I wonder if UCSF Chimera support RTX2080Ti. Would there be any bugs due to graphic cards being RTX? Best, Junha.

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Hello chimera my name is Alberto, I would like to know if there is any way to see the double bonds in the structures.
by Alberto garcia lopez 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

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Strange and inconsistent Chimera behavior recently on W7/Nvidia OS
by Boaz Shaanan 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi, I started to have strange and inconsistent behavior of chimera when I open PDB's. My system is W7 with Nvidia 840M graphics card (which has been functioning fine for nearly 3 years). I am running the latest daily build but noticed this strange behavior with previous versions as well as the production one. I attach 3 snip pictures, the first two are of pdb files opened, one OK (as usual) and the other distorted. The 3rd snip pictures is of the Nvidia debug when I start Chimera in command file as chimera.exe --debug-opengl. It became quite a lottery for me as for how pdb file will open. The .py files open OK so far as I recall. Please help me with this recent mystery. Thanks, Boaz Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva 84105 Israel E-mail: bshaanan(a)bgu.ac.il Phone: 972-8-647-2220 Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710

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Question
by Vito Calderone 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

I have superposed two structures and printed the attached figure with sequence superposition and Ca RMSD. Is there a list of residue by residue RMSD as well? I can’t find it anywhere apparently. Thanks Vito

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Running vina locally
by Sam Freeman-Fox 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Hi, I am looking at running docking simulations locally, and see that with the vina command line execution (*vina* *docking* *receptor* *recmodel* <frameatom_spec.html> *ligand* *ligmodel* <frameatom_spec.html> *options <#options>) *one of the available options is to change the backend from using the Opal web service to a local executable. Could you advise on where I would be able to download such a local executable in order to get this to run. Many Thanks, Sam Freeman

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How to color density maps using markers?
by Ahmad Khalifa 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

I know I can use volume tracer to place markers in the density. There was a tutorial explaining the use of these markers to color certain areas of my density map, however I lost track of it. Best regards.

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Help: 'broken pipe' error
by Mungo Carstairs (Staff) 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Hi there, I'm experimenting with Jalview as Javascript talking to Chimera over the latter's REST server. The first few 'list models' commands work fine, but when I send a command 'open cifID:4zhp' I (usually but not always) get an error '[Errno 32] Broken Pipe' in Chimera. Is there a clue in the stack traces below as to the reason for this? Thanks. Chimera 1.12 (build 41481) on OSX Sierra 10.12.6. REST server on host 127.0.0.1 port 53135 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:06:14] "GET /run?command=list%20models%20type%20molecule HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20models%20type%20molecule HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20models%20type%20molecule HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=open%20cifID%3A4zhp HTTP/1.1" 200 - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/chimera/threadq.py", line 50, in _checkThread callable() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 83, in run _run(q, h, args) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 163, in _run replyobj.error(str(v) + '\n') File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 637, in error _replyStack[-1].error(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 184, in writeLine self.write(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 191, in write self.f.write(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 328, in write self.flush() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe thread callback: error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) See reply log for Python traceback. ---------------------------------------- Exception happened during processing of request from ('127.0.0.1', 53326) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 295, in _handle_request_noblock self.process_request(request, client_address) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 321, in process_request self.finish_request(request, client_address) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 334, in finish_request self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 657, in __init__ self.finish() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 716, in finish self.wfile.close() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 283, in close self.flush() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe ---------------------------------------- 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20models%20type%20molecule HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20model%20spec%20%230%20attribute%20color HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20residues%20spec%20%230 HTTP/1.1" 200 - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/chimera/threadq.py", line 50, in _checkThread callable() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 83, in run _run(q, h, args) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 159, in _run chimera.runCommand(cmd) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 2750, in runCommand makeCommand(*args, **kw) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/Midas/midas_text.py", line 69, in makeCommand f(c, args) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/ListInfo/ChimeraExtension.py", line 20, in command self.module("cmdline").process(cmdName, args) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/ListInfo/cmdline.py", line 12, in process doList(args) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/ListInfo/cmdline.py", line 543, in doList doExtensionFunc(func, otherArgs, **kwargs) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/Midas/midas_text.py", line 451, in doExtensionFunc extFunc(*tuple(processedArgs), **kw) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/ListInfo/cmdline.py", line 192, in listr replyobj.info(info) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 625, in info _replyStack[-1].info(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 202, in message self.writeLine(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 184, in writeLine self.write(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/share/RESTServer/__init__.py", line 191, in write self.f.write(s) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 328, in write self.flush() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe thread callback: error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) See reply log for Python traceback. ---------------------------------------- Exception happened during processing of request from ('127.0.0.1', 53329) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 295, in _handle_request_noblock self.process_request(request, client_address) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 321, in process_request self.finish_request(request, client_address) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 334, in finish_request self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self) File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 657, in __init__ self.finish() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 716, in finish self.wfile.close() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 283, in close self.flush() File "/Applications/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 307, in flush self._sock.sendall(view[write_offset:write_offset+buffer_size]) error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe ---------------------------------------- 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=focus HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:03] "GET /run?command=list%20models%20type%20molecule HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:05] "GET /run?command=color%20%238db520%20%230%3A2-98.A HTTP/1.1" 200 - 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Feb/2019 10:32:05] "GET /run?command=color%20%238db520%20%230%3A2-98.A HTTP/1.1" 200 - [University of Dundee shield logo]<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-home> Mungo Carstairs Jalview Computational Scientist The Barton Group Division of Computational Biology School of Life Sciences University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK www.jalview.org<http://www.jalview.org> www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk<http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk> g.m.carstairs(a)dundee.ac.uk<mailto:g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk> [University of Dundee Facebook]<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-fb> [University of Dundee Twitter] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-tw> [University of Dundee LinkedIn] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-li> [University of Dundee YouTube] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-yt> [University of Dundee Instagram] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-ig> [University of Dundee Snapchat] <http://uod.ac.uk/sig-sc> We're Scottish University of the Year again!<http://uod.ac.uk/sig-strapline> The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016 and 2017 The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096

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Slicing/Subdividing Models in Chimera
by Mauser, Jonathon 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Hello, I am working on developing a new suite of flexible multimedia 3D printed protein models using Chimera to process to .stl. I am trying to make a sort of “anatomical” cutaway of an enzyme complex where I can slice the model in chimera along a certain plane and print the sections with caps, but am running into problems. I have tried simply clipping into the model, which does essentially what I would like to do, but I don’t know how to delete everything that I’ve clipped out of the model. When I export my scene, it still exports the whole model instead of the clipped depiction. Ideally, I would like to just cut the pdb in half to start with more advanced cutaways coming later. Do you have any idea how this might be accomplished? Thank you! Jon Jonathon Mauser, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Winona State University Office: Pasteur Hall 330 P: 507-457-5874 E: jmauser(a)winona.edu <mailto:jmauser@winona.edu>

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Display showing a gap in my chain
by Ahmad Khalifa 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

After merging two structures in Coot, chimera is showing a chain break at one end where I merged my molecule. The other end is displayed correctly. How can I fix that?

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Combine atom-spec non-alphanumeric no-nunderscore character error
by Ahmad Khalifa 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

I'm trying to combine a few chains from different models. I'm using: combine #1:.k,.e #2:.k,.e. I'm getting the above error, and I'm not sure why my selection isn't working! Regards.

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question
by Craig Scoville 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear Staff -- I am interested in using Chimera but have a question regarding its use. I am interested in looking at the shape of small polypeptides --usually ranging from 5-20 amino acids -- does this program allow me to input amino acid sequences and then look at confirmational shapes? make substitutions and then compare confirmational shapes? Does the proprietary nature of my work prohibit me from using Chimera? Sincerely, Dr Scoville

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rmsd graph
by SEFA ÇELİK 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear Dr. I am using Chimera software(windows platform). I tried to get rmsd graph(using the plotting in the MD Movie trajectory viewer). And I got the result. But, graph's x-axis "frame" and y-axis "rmsd" value. I want the x axis to be the "time". Briefly, I want to see how the value of rmsd changes with time. *I added files to the e-mail. Can you explain what "1001 frames" mean? And how do I convert "1001 frames" to time. I want to see the RMSD change by time.* Can you help with this? Could you explain in detail? Best regard Assoc Prof. Dr. Sefa Celik

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Morph conformation - side chains
by arrafzaher＠campus.technion.ac.il 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hi, I noticed Morph conformation only compares backbone Is it possible to compare side chains conformation change Lets say enzyme vs. phosphorylated same enzyme on a tyrosine residue (TPO) Thanks Zaher

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babel-type not found
by Ryan Cairns 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Hi, When using AutoDock vina, I keep getting the message 'AttributeError: member babel_type not found'. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to try and fix it with no luck. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks, Ryan Ryan Cairns PhD student School of Chemistry University of Nottingham pcxrc5(a)nottingham.ac.uk O'Reilly Research Group http://www.oreillyresearchgroup.com/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

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Select multiple chains
by Racaniello, Vincent R. 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

In pdb 4CTF there are multiple identical chains, e.g. A0, A1, A2, A3, A4 etc. I can select one with select :.A0 How do I select multiple chains, e.g. A0-A4? ______________________________ Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D. | Higgins Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology Columbia University, New York virology.ws | microbe.tv "Tanto sa ciascuno quanto opera"

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Chimera Issue: Surface Calculation Failed - MSCalc returned code 5
by Megan Yung 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Hello, I'm having some trouble generating surface models of large antibodies for an urgent project. I keep getting the mscalc return code 5 error message. I read through the forums and it seems that using the split command is the way to go, but I would not like to split this antibody. I'm trying to get a full rendition of the surface model of the antibody so that it is possible to 3D print the antibody. Can you please let me know if that would be possible? The pdb files of the 4 antibodies are attached. Thank you very much, Meg

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Re: [Chimera-users] Update VDW Dots During Torsion Rotation
by Eric Pettersen 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Glad it did what you needed! —Eric > On Jan 24, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Brian E Coggins <bec2(a)duke.edu> wrote: > > Eric, > > Hack or not, this does the job perfectly! Many thanks. > > Brian > > >> On Jan 23, 2019, at 6:36 PM, Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:pett@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian, >> It seems the vdw command caches the computed surface points and that therefore various tricks with ~vdw/vdw don’t update the surface. However changing the dot density does clear the cache and cause a recomputation, so you can use this awful hack to get the vdw surface to update as you adjust torsions: >> >> perframe “vdwdens 5.1; vdwdens 5” >> >> Every frame, the density will be changed to 5.1 and then back to the (default) 5. You might want to use different numbers. I prefer not to be “credited” with this idea. :-) >> >> >> not Eric Pettersen >> not from the UCSF Computer Graphics Lab >> >> >>> On Jan 23, 2019, at 3:14 PM, Elaine Meng <meng(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Brian, >>> This is not a direct answer to your question, but alternatives to showing VDW dots are: >>> >>> (A) show sphere representation (VDW spheres) instead of stick representation of atoms >>> >>> (B) show molecular surface, which will update as bonds are rotated. You could make it transparent and/or show it as mesh, e.g. commands: >>> >>> surftrans 75 >>> surftrans 0 >>> surfrep mesh >>> >>> There is also a “dot” style (as opposed to mesh and solid) but then you’d want to crank up the vertex density to put the dots closer together… e.g. select the surface with Ctrl-click and then use the Selection Inspector (open by clicking green magnifying glass icon), inspect: MSMS surface, increase “vertex density” and maybe dot size. >>> >>> Depending on the structure, however, molecular surface calculation may be slow and/or fail as you change the structure by rotating bonds. >>> >>> I hope this helps, >>> Elaine >>> ----- >>> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. >>> UCSF Chimera(X) team >>> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry >>> University of California, San Francisco >>> >>>> On Jan 23, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Brian E Coggins <bec2(a)duke.edu <mailto:bec2@duke.edu>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> If I am displaying atomic dots using the “vdw” command, is there any way to get the dots to update as structural changes are made? For example, if I am adjusting torsions in the Adjust Torsion box, is there a way to get the dots to follow along as the structure changes? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Brian E. Coggins, Ph.D. >>>> Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry >>>> Duke University, Durham, NC >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chimera-users mailing list: Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:Chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> >>> Manage subscription: http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__plato.cgl.ucsf.edu_mail…> >>> >> > > --- > Brian E. Coggins, Ph.D. > Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry > Duke University, Durham, NC > > > >

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Update VDW Dots During Torsion Rotation
by Brian E Coggins 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hello, If I am displaying atomic dots using the “vdw” command, is there any way to get the dots to update as structural changes are made? For example, if I am adjusting torsions in the Adjust Torsion box, is there a way to get the dots to follow along as the structure changes? Thanks, Brian --- Brian E. Coggins, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry Duke University, Durham, NC

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Visualize dot_surface dat file in chimera
by Ashok Nayak 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi, I have a HOLE dot surface fie exported from coot in the .DAT format. Unfortunately I cant display it in chimera. Could you suggest me the compatible format in chimera to visualize the dot surface files Its in X Y Z r g b Hexcol format 234.17638 238.94343 268.17244 0.44800 0.47168 0.80000 #7278cc 234.33047 238.06957 268.17244 0.44800 0.47168 0.80000 #7278cc 234.63396 237.23575 268.17244 0.44800 0.47168 0.80000 #7278cc 235.29419 242.56321 267.72878 0.44800 0.47168 0.80000 #7278cc Any suggestion will be appreciated

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Serine 371 in a protein (ATR)
by leifepeterson＠sbcglobal.net 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Hi Elaine, A particular protein binds with e.g. Serine-371 of another protein (ATR). In order to find that pocket in a PDBQT image of ATR, can I simply look for AA=371? Thanks, Leif Peterson

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how to get chimera to use the auth_seq_id in .cif format files
by Carmen San Martin 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

Hi all, I am using chimera to display a structure with a 10-residue gap. When I use a pdb format file, the gap appears as a dashed line and everything is fine. However, when I convert the coordinate file to cif format, chimera draws a very long bond across the gap. Further, the residue numbering seems to have changed, so that now instead of skipping the 10 figures in the gap, the residues at both sides are consecutively numbered, and therefore the numbering in the rest of the protein is wrong. I understand this happens because chimera is using the cif column "label_seq_id" instead of "auth_seq_id" to identify the residue number. Is there a way to make chimera use the auth_seq_id column instead? Sorry if this has already been answered, I googled it and saw similar questions but not the actual answer to this one. Best, ------------------------------------------------------------- Carmen San Martín, Ph. D. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) Darwin, 3 28049-Madrid (SPAIN) Email: carmen(a)cnb.csic.es Phone: 34-91-5855450 Fax: 34-91-5854506 <http://www.cnb.csic.es/> http://tinyurl.com/carmensanmartinlab https://sites.google.com/site/adenonet/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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I-TASSER secondary structure
by nadineh.1991＠web.de 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

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match command
by Hernando J Sosa 20 Jan '19

20 Jan '19

Dear Chimera, Can somebody clarify the syntax of the match command. I am specifically trying to move several atoms (residues or ligands) to match their location in another model *without* moving the rest of the model. e.g. match #0:ADP.A #1:ADP.A works fine but moves the whole model #0 But match #0:ADP.A #1:ADP.A atoms Or using any other option after the atom specifications generate the following error: "an even number of space-separated atom specs are required" According to the user-guide website the syntax is: match atom-spec1 atom-spec2 options Not sure what the problem is. Thanks H.

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question
by Willenbring, Holger 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hello, Can UCSF Chimera be used to model the structure of an AAV capsid starting from the DNA sequence? Best, Holger Willenbring

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Volume blob and sum internal map value(s)
by Esser, Lothar (NIH/NCI) [E] 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Hi, I seem to remember that the following is possible but I cannot figure it out anymore: One can read, say, an electron density map, contour it at desired level and in "Measure and Color Blobs" one can individually select blobs that are of interest and determine their volume and surface area. That works well. What I don't remember is how to integrate the map values inside the blob. I think it was implemented once but it currently escapes me. Any advice welcome. Thanks, Lothar

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