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Error when exporting to obj format
by Vicente Díaz 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hi: I am trying to export a scene to obj format. I have tried this export with two different versions of chimera (1.5.3 and 1.6.1), and tried to open the resulting file in two different 3d programs: Cinema 4D and 3d studio max. Although both applications recognize the exported file, when they open it they dont find any content. In C4D, the file is an empty scene, while importer in 3ds max sends an error message telling that there are no objects to import. Therefore, it seems that the file is empty. I have seen that this kind exporting in Chimera is too fast (almost instantly) when compared to exporting to other file formats, like vrml, which take some time but work perfectly. Is there something I am doing wrong or an option I havent noticed to ensure export to obj file format? Thank you in advance, Vicente

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Beta-turns and hairpins
by Kyle Morris 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Dear all, Is there a simple way to model beta-turns and hairpins in polypeptide chains in Chimera? Thanks in advance for any assistance, Kyle

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User Inquiry
by Yen Bui 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

To whom this may concern, I’m an undergraduate student doing some research at KSTATE this summer and I’ve been assigned to work on a project that utilizes Chimera. My professor is unavailable a lot of the time and I’ve been struggling a bit with a problem. I’ve been successful at opening up the following PDB files: 1DHK 1DPX 1HYL 2CAU 3BLG 1OA6 1JBC 1OA5 I’m able to open up the .pdb files, proceed to use the commands “del solvent” and “del @ .b” in the command line. I’m also able to go to ToolsàHigher Order Structure à Crystal Contacts before changing the contact distance from 1.0 to 4.0 and check mark the create copies of contacting molecules. However when I attempt to do the following actions for the rest of the proteins I run into a variety of issues: For example 2CAU: When I attempt to “measure buried area #0 # 2-7,” I get the following response in my reply log: #0, chain A: JACK BEAN vicilin 6 pairs of NCS asymmetric units of 2CAU contact at distance 1.0 A Atoms MTRIX SMTRY Unit cell MTRIXref Copies 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 -1 0 -1 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 -1 0 1 C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 1 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 1 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 1 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 0 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 0 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 0 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags C:\Program Files\Chimera 1.6.1\bin\mscalc.exe 1.400000 2.000000 0 MSMSLIB 1.3 started on Local PC Copyright M.F. Sanner (March 2000) Compilation flags [End of Reply Log] So I’m not able to get back the calculations I want. Also, when I attempt to use the Surface Analysis à Attributes Calculator to run the following function : sum(atom.buriedSASArea) and check the “Restrict formula domain to current selection, if any” and “Save calculation results to file,” after selecting the “C” atoms I get the reply: Formula evaluation error: expecting vector argument in function Is there something I need to do before I attempt these actions? Also, I have very little experience with programs in general (I’m a chemistry major/upcoming experimental chemist working with theortical physicist…a little out of my element). Thanks in advance, -Yen Bui

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Alignment of symmetry axes via Chimera
by danashah＠post.tau.ac.il 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Hi all, I've only joined this mailing list lately, so pardon me if this question was asked and answered before. We have two different peptides, each contains a 4-fold symmetry axis. We would like to align those two symmetry axes, without superimpose one peptide on the other, since they should be continuous. Is there a way to do that via Chimera (gui or no gui)? I was able to find this conversation: http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2008-October/003140.html but it doesn't solve our specific situation. Best, Dana. __ Dana Sachayni Joel Hirsch's Lab Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Israel e-mail: danashah(a)post.tau.ac.il

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Wrong formtting into pdb file after "Chimera"
by Hsih-Te Yang 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hello: By using "Chimera" under its environment, I retrieved the 3GBM from internet of PDB. Then "H" and "L" chains were selected and then combined into one model. The formats before and after using Chimera are different: Before and download from PDB: original 3GBM.pdb: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATOM 8198 N ILE H 52 21.400 -46.642 -15.670 1.00 34.21 N ATOM 8199 CA ILE H 52 21.907 -48.031 -15.705 1.00 34.50 C ATOM 8200 C ILE H 52 22.650 -48.325 -17.003 1.00 34.35 C ATOM 8201 O ILE H 52 22.192 -47.956 -18.089 1.00 34.71 O ATOM 8202 CB ILE H 52 20.781 -49.070 -15.662 1.00 34.67 C ATOM 8203 CG1 ILE H 52 19.817 -48.868 -14.495 1.00 35.26 C ATOM 8204 CG2 ILE H 52 21.375 -50.440 -15.579 1.00 36.91 C ATOM 8205 CD1 ILE H 52 20.481 -48.373 -13.235 1.00 36.77 C ATOM 8206 N PRO H 52A 23.772 -49.033 -16.926 1.00 34.41 N ATOM 8207 CA PRO H 52A 24.505 -49.283 -18.185 1.00 34.55 C ATOM 8208 C PRO H 52A 23.750 -50.255 -19.109 1.00 34.33 C ATOM 8209 O PRO H 52A 22.874 -51.013 -18.645 1.00 34.29 O ATOM 8210 CB PRO H 52A 25.817 -49.905 -17.709 1.00 34.19 C ATOM 8211 CG PRO H 52A 25.402 -50.687 -16.528 1.00 35.46 C ATOM 8212 CD PRO H 52A 24.336 -49.808 -15.815 1.00 34.63 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After using Chimera and saved as ".pdb" file: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATOM 371 N ILE H 52 -61.722 -45.711 -51.406 1.00 34.21 N ATOM 372 CA ILE H 52 -62.988 -46.402 -51.737 1.00 34.50 C ATOM 373 C ILE H 52 -63.058 -46.767 -53.215 1.00 34.35 C ATOM 374 O ILE H 52 -62.716 -45.957 -54.082 1.00 34.71 O ATOM 375 CB ILE H 52 -64.219 -45.520 -51.499 1.00 34.67 C ATOM 376 CG1 ILE H 52 -64.272 -44.923 -50.094 1.00 35.26 C ATOM 377 CG2 ILE H 52 -65.457 -46.324 -51.739 1.00 36.91 C ATOM 378 CD1 ILE H 52 -63.739 -45.839 -49.022 1.00 36.77 C ATOM 379 N PRO H 52 -63.548 -47.961 -53.533 1.00 34.41 N ATOM 380 CA PRO H 52 -63.580 -48.321 -54.966 1.00 34.55 C ATOM 381 C PRO H 52 -64.618 -47.494 -55.747 1.00 34.33 C ATOM 382 O PRO H 52 -65.552 -46.927 -55.145 1.00 34.29 O ATOM 383 CB PRO H 52 -63.975 -49.797 -54.948 1.00 34.19 C ATOM 384 CG PRO H 52 -64.891 -49.879 -53.793 1.00 35.46 C ATOM 385 CD PRO H 52 -64.271 -48.943 -52.718 1.00 34.63 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "52A" -> "52", there is no discrimination between "ILE" and "PRO" on the position 52 of H chain. Please let me know, what wrong with my data processing? Thank you a lot. Hsih-Te

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Untranslating after using solvate
by Matthew Baumgartner 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

Hello, I am using chimera to add a shell of water around a given protein using the solvate command through the command line. However, upon adding solvent, the protein is translated/rotated a bit, as mentioned in the documentation ( file:///opt/UCSF/Chimera64-1.6/share/chimera/helpdir/ContributedSoftware/solvate/solvate.html <cid:part1.03060408.05020907@pitt.edu>). However, I would like to leave the protein in it's input coordinates and simply add waters around it. Is there a way to use the solvate command without translation? If not, how should I go about resetting the structure back to it's original coordinates? Thanks, Matt Probably unnecessary details: Running: USCF Chimera, production version 1.6 (build 35700) Under: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit

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Chimera registration
by Sébastien POMEL 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hi, I tried to register because my registration has expired but when I enter my informations it says that I have to enter my last name first, and then my first name. I did not make any mistake but it keeps saying this. Could you help me? Thank you Sébastien Pomel Sébastien POMEL, Ph.D. Antiparasitic Chemotherapy Group UMR CNRS 8076, Faculty of Pharmacy, University PARIS XI, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296, CHATENAY-MALABRY CEDEX FRANCE Tel : +33 (0)1-46-83-52-84 Fax : +33 (0)1-46-83-55-57

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Phases of the 3D FFT
by Denis Chrétien 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear all, I'm new to this list, so maybe this question has been raised previously. Sorry if this is the case. We are using the capability of Chimera to perform 3D Fourier transforms, in order to analyse the effect of the missing wedge on cryo-electron tomograms of microtubules. The "layer lines" of the microtubules are nicely revealed in 3D, showing rings corresponding to the amplitudes of their FFT. Yet, it would be really nice to have the phases displayed, e.g. using colors. Would that be possible to be implemented into the "vop Fourier" command of Chimera? Best, Denis ___________________________ Université de Rennes 1 UMR 6290, équipe TIPs Campus de Beaulieu, Bât. 13 35042 Rennes Cedex France Tel. +33 (0)2 23 23 67 64 http://equipes.igdr.univ-rennes1.fr/fr/tips/ ___________________________

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Clustering docking results using "headless" Chimera
by Hurt, Darrell (NIH/NIAID) [E] 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hi there, I want to use Chimera on a server (or in an automated fashion by command line; "-nogui") to read in a bunch (1000s) of PDB structures (each having an identical number of atoms) and then do clustering using the NMRCLUST code that you've so conveniently adapted. I found this old thread: http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2008-October/003193.html Is this still the preferred method for doing what I'm hoping? Also, is it possible to do a MatchMaker alignment before the clustering? Thanks, Darrell -- Darrell Hurt, Ph.D. Section Head, Computational Biology Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) OCICB/OSMO/OD/NIAID/NIH 31 Center Drive, Room 3B62B, MSC 2135 Bethesda, MD 20892-2135 Office 301-402-0095 Mobile 301-758-3559 http://bioinformatics.niaid.nih.gov<http://bioinformatics.niaid.nih.gov/> (Within NIH) http://exon.niaid.nih.gov<http://exon.niaid.nih.gov/> (Public) Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain sensitive information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage devices. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall not accept liability for any statements made that are sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its representatives.

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change movie frame directory
by Trina Manalo 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Hi all, We're having problems changing the directory where movie frames are saved to a separate drive (We installed Chimera on an SSD with limited space). In the movierecorder dialog box, we added Additional recording options: directory E:\Chimera_frames Additional encoding options: resetMode keep And got the following error: MidasError: Directory E:\Chimera_frames does not exist File "E:\Chimera 2012-06-28\share\MovieRecorder\moviecmd.py", line 84, in record_op raise CommandError('Directory %s does not exist' % (directory,)) Any advice? -Trina

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Cannot open the .pdb file generated from ZDOCK
by Hsih-Te Yang 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Good morning, all: Attached is the output file generated by "ZDOCK". I couldn't open it by "Chimera", but "RasMol" was working. What wrong with this? Any comment and reply are greatly appreciated. Hsih-Te Yang

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atom type labels ?
by Marek Maly 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hello, is there any way how to obtain atom-type labels when loading molecular structure using *.prmtop and *.inpcrd/*.rst/*.mdcrd Amber files ? These atom types are indeed available in *.prmtop file, but I didn't know how to visualize them in Chimera. I was hoping to find this possibility under "Actions->Label->other..." but I didn't find this item on the actual list. Thanks in advance for any comment ! Best wishes, Marek -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Electrostatic potential
by George Tzotzos 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hi everybody, Assuming that one knows the precise residues constituting a binding site, it is possible to calculate the electrostatic potential of these residues only? If yes, how? Thanks for any advice George

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Peptide Optimization
by Gustavo Souza 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hello! has anybody has a clue for a method to optimize a peptide structure (12 aa) using Chimera? thanks for help! Gus.

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help with how to save a volumes
by Sara Sandin 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi, Thank you for a great software :) I have one problem. I have two em density maps in spider format. After I have used the fit in map option and one density has been rotated and shifted, how do I save a new spider file with the applied rotation and translation? Thank you, Sara -- Division of Structural Studies MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Hills Road Cambridge CB2 0QH UK ssandin(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

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stick scale
by FABRE, BENJAMIN 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Helo, I am a new user of chimera. I would to change the stick scale of a single residue of one protein. How can I do this? Should I create different models to do this? Thank you. Benjamin Fabre

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Need help for using Chimera
by A-A_lowie li 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear Sir: I am a new user of Chimera, but immediately attracted by this handy software Chimera. Since my model requires a lot of computation time in energy minimization, could you please how to set up the environment for parallel computation of energy minimization in Chimera? On one website, it was said, MMTK ENERGY THREADS could be reset for parallel computation. After installation of MMTK, I am confused on how to change parameter in MMTK, and recompile Chimera (or change Chimera settings ). Could you please give me more details about how to set MMTK ENERGY THREADS in Chimera? Sincerely thanks for your advice. Lowie -- Without dream, life is incomplete!

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Re: [Chimera-users] Chimera movie
by Elaine Meng 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

On Jun 18, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Vladimir Kuznetsov wrote: > Hi Elaine, > I'm trying to make a movie using Chimera. The basic outline is as follows: a homo-dimer is dissociating into monomers, then focus on one of the monomers rearranging into a compact form. I think I could record the dissociation step with "savepos/fly" option, and morphing works for the second step. Is it possible to stitch them together for a single QuickTime file? > Thank you for your time, > Vlad Kuznetsov > (Sacchettini lab, Texas A&M University) Hi Vlad, Instead of combining two movie files into one movie file (it must be possible, but I don't have experience with that), I would just do everything in one Chimera movie content script. You could either do the savepos and morphing in the same or a different script before starting recording, or do it interactively and save the session. Then restore session if you had saved a session, and execute your recording script, in which you can use fly and other movement commands (move, turn, ...) as well as the coordset command to play the morph. <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/movies.html> There is an example movie and associated Chimera script in the Animation Gallery, see "Ball-and-socket motion" currently the 6th one down: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/animations/animations.html> I cc'd chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu since this answer might help others (it's generally better to send questions there than to me directly, unless you are including private data). Good luck with making a beautiful movie! I hope this helps, 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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Measuring Beta Barrels
by Danielle L'Heureux 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hi - We are using Chimera to analyze fluorescent proteins, and we want to cluster and compare the barrels of each protein by examining a cross section of the FP beta barrel. Is there a way to measure the ellipsoid shape of a "slice" of a protein? Or is there a way to create an elliptical plane from which we can then calculate the area? Thank you, Danielle L'Heureux

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Chimera System Requirments: Details Solicited
by sunny kumar 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Hi All, I have been trying to figure out the system requirments before installing Chimera, on my laptop. Would request you to please share the minimum processor speed, RAM, OS and hard-disk requirments for optimum results on chimera-1.6.1-win32.exe. I am currently using an HP laptop with XP Operating System, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1 GB RAM and 60 GB hard-disk. Thanks for the help. Regards, Sunny Kumar

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Re: [Chimera-users] Ellipsoids for 800 pdbs
by Elaine Meng 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

On Jun 14, 2012, at 4:54 AM, mselvaraj(a)mbu.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > Dear Meng, > I need to calculate ellipsoid axis for some 800 pdbs that I have in a > directory using measur inertia command. I was trying to load one by one and > calcualte, but I was huge. I read about python script for running in > batches. Is there any chimera script for doing this?. I would like to get > your help in doing this. Thanks in advance. > > Yours sincerely, > M. Selvaraj, > Graduate student, > Molecular Biophysics Unit, > Indian Institute of Science, > Bangalore 560 012. Dear M. Selvaraj, The Chimera Programmer's Guide includes a primer on how to write a python script to process multiple structures: <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ProgrammersGuide/basicPrimer.html> It is better to send Chimera questions to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu (or if advanced programming issues, to chimera-dev(a)cgl.ucsf.edu) instead of to me directly. I hope this helps, 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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addH: Weird results
by George Tzotzos 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Hi everybody, For several months I have been saving docking results from Autodock, adding hydrogens and submitting them to Amber for molecular dynamics. Chimera worked perfectly well. A typical result is attached as <file1.pdb>. I repeated the process with a different pose of the same ligand and got very weird results. In fact the atoms were numbered differently and some atoms were not numbered at all, or rather they were given ***. I submitted some of the original ligands, that is the ligands to which Chimera added Hs correctly. A typical example is attached <docking.result_8_2.pdb>. The result of <file1.pdb> was not reproduced. The errors described above were repeated (see <file2.pdb>). Trying to renumber the atoms according to <file1.pdb> did not help. I am a bit baffled by this. Any help will be most welcome. Best regards George PS. The submitted ligand is bisabolol.

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TER characters between residues in exported PDB ?
by Marek Maly 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Hello all, I would like to know if there is any way how to export from Chimera molecular structure in PDB format but with TER string between all residues in the file. This would be very helpful if one prepares in Chimera PDB inputs (containing also non protein or non DNA/RNA molecules) for Amber because Amber (Leap) automatically tries to create bonds between all consecutive residues unless they are separated by TER string. Thank you very much for any useful information. Best wishes, Marek -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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error in add chain ID
by Hamzeh, Rahimi 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Dear Eric use I want rename_pdb_for_chimera.py for adding chain ID to pdb file but i got following erro. buksanbio@hamzeh:/media/6C166CAD166C7A4A/kit/zdock/apc10-apc3$ python rename_pdb_for_chimera.py 1 avgapc10final.pdb File "rename_pdb_for_chimera.py", line 100 there's a chain identifier in the "TER" line... (the condition len ^ IndentationError: expected an indented block Please let me know about my wrong best wish

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Re: [Chimera-users] undisplay label in distance monitor
by Bala subramanian 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Friends, > I have written a script to draw lines between atoms (using distance > monitor). I dnt want the distance label to be displayed with the pseudo > bond. Kindly write me the way to remove the label. My script is below. > > model=chimera.openModels.open('myavg.pdb') > res=model[0].residues > MAT=loadtxt('mymatrix',dtype=float) > chimera.runCommand('focus') > for x in range(len(res)): > for y in range(len(res)): > if x <> y : > value=MAT[x,y] > > if 0.5 < value > 0.75: > > b=distanceMonitor.newPseudoBond(res[x].atomsMap['CA'][0],res[y].atomsMap['CA'][0]) > b.drawMode=1 > b.radius=0.05 > #b.label=None I tried keeping this value as None and empty > string but it doesnt help. > b.color=getColorByName('red') > > else: pass > > else: continue > > Thanks, Bala -- C. Balasubramanian

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index out of range
by Francesco Pietra 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Running movie for prmtop/dcd proved extremely slow at amd64, finally showing the protein in a water box, albeit offering very limited analysis. Error message: index out of range, error processing "monitor changes". The log is 16MB!, below the startr and end of the log: MDTools 1.2 Exp (2005-08-20) by James Phillips. Trajectory.DCD.MDToolsMarch97.md.help() for more info. HomoCoord 1.3 Exp (2005-08-20) - Constants 1.1 Exp (2004-05-17) - AtomGroup 1.4 Exp (2007-02-07) - local 1.1 Exp (2004-05-17) Unknown OSTYPE ??? set. Viewing and plotting are disabled. - Trans 1.2 Exp (2005-08-20) - DCD 1.10 Exp (2007-02-07) - Data 1.2 Exp (2005-08-20) using memory mapping REMARKS FILENAME=./heat-01.dcd CREATED BY NAMD REMARKS DATE: 06/03/12 CREATED BY USER: francesco Model 0 (heat-01.dcd) 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. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/chimera_Nov3.2011/share/chimera/triggerSet.py", line 83, in invoke self._funcData, triggerData) File "/usr/local/chimera_Nov3.2011/share/chimera/Sequence.py", line 1161, in _cacheCheck if len(kids) == molecule.rootForAtom(kids[0], IndexError: list index out of range Error processing trigger "monitor changes": .................................... .................................... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/chimera_Nov3.2011/share/chimera/triggerSet.py", line 83, in invoke self._funcData, triggerData) File "/usr/local/chimera_Nov3.2011/share/chimera/Sequence.py", line 1161, in _cacheCheck if len(kids) == molecule.rootForAtom(kids[0], IndexError: list index out of range Error processing trigger "monitor changes": IndexError: list index out of range File "/usr/local/chimera_Nov3.2011/share/chimera/Sequence.py", line 1161, in _cacheCheck if len(kids) == molecule.rootForAtom(kids[0], See reply log for Python traceback. Thanks for the attention francesco pietra

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transparency for surface in intersurf
by Jean-Didier Maréchal 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Hi guys, is there a way to change the transparency of intersurf objects? I'd like to have the surface not hiden all the object in behing one given view. thanks a lot, cheers jd Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal Lecturer The Computational Biotechnological Chemistry Team Unitat de Química Física Departament de Química Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Edifici C.n. 08193 Cerdanyola (Barcelona) Tel: +34.935814936 e-mail: JeanDidier.Marechal(a)uab.es www: http://asklipio.qf.uab.es

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fitmap
by Hernando J Sosa 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

HI, What is the correct syntax to run the fitmap command?. I have a pdb structure named C1 and a density map (spider format) named MV (names as appear in the Model panel). If I try in the command line: fitmap C1 MV I get the error: fitmap invalid volume argument "MV" What am I doing wrong? Thanks

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Fwd: ESP calculations
by Eric Pettersen 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Begin forwarded message: > From: Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov <nirodion(a)syr.edu> > Date: May 21, 2012 12:43:34 PM PDT > To: Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: RE: [Chimera-users] ESP calculations > > Thank you both, > > Can either of you tell me how the information in a volume data set > is organized? I am looking at a .dx file that I created using APBS > which I would assume to be very similar to the volumetric data sets > created by Chimera. What does each column of data represent? Is > there any way for me to sort the ESP data based on position using > Excel or Matlab? I am only concerned with ESP data for one region of > molecule. If you could point me in the direction of some good > documentation on this file type it would be great. I don't know, so I'm forwarding this out to chimera-users land, where someone might have an answer... --Eric > > Thanks again, > Nikolay Rodionov > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Pettersen [mailto:pett@cgl.ucsf.edu] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:57 PM > To: chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu BB > Cc: Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] ESP calculations > > Also, if you compute a volume, you can use the "Values at Atom > Positions" tool to, um, get the values at atom positions (say, a > ligand), if that's relevant to what you're doing. > > --Eric > > On May 21, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Elaine Meng wrote: > >> Hi Nikolay, >> You can generate a grid of values with the "Compute grid" option of >> Coulombic Surface Coloring (or corresponding option of the >> "coulombic" >> command). The grid is a volume data set, and when it is generated >> the >> Volume Viewer and Surface Color dialogs will automatically appear. >> >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/coulombic/ >> co >> ulombic.html >>> >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/coulombic/ >> co >> ulombic.html#volume >>> >> >> You can save the grid to a file with the FIle menu of Volume Viewer. >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/ >> volumeviewer >> /framevolumeviewer.html >>> >> >> As for the values at each point of the surface, I don't know of a way >> to write these all to a file, but in Surface Color if you click the >> Options button and then turn on the option to "Report value at mouse >> position" it will report the values in the status line at the bottom >> of the Chimera window when you click into the graphics window and >> then >> mouse over the surface. I just noticed that to make this work it is >> necessary to recolor the surface first by clicking the Color button >> on >> this dialog, which may be a bug, but that's the workaround! >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/surfcolor/ >> su >> rfcolor.html >>> >> >> If you have the grid file saved you can reopen it in Chimera later >> and >> use it in Surface Color without rerunning the ESP calculation. >> >> However, keep in mind that Coulombic ESP is more for qualitative >> purposes of visualization or making comparisons between related >> structures than for absolute quantitative accuracy. For example, you >> could easily make all the ESP values half as large simply by doubling >> the dielectric constant used in their calculation, as shown in the >> equation in the Coulombic Surface Coloring manual page. >> >> I hope this helps, >> Elaine >> ---------- >> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. >> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department >> of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco >> >> On May 21, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I was wondering if there was a way to get an output data file >>> regarding ESP coloring and calculations based on Coulomb's law. The >>> visualization is great but I would also like to quantify the data. >>> Thank you, >>> Nikolay Rodionov >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chimera-users mailing list >> Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >> http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users >> > > > >

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ESP calculations
by Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi all, I was wondering if there was a way to get an output data file regarding ESP coloring and calculations based on Coulomb's law. The visualization is great but I would also like to quantify the data. Thank you, Nikolay Rodionov

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Question about animated Ramachandran plot
by Trina Manalo 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, I would like to create an animated Ramachandran plot using an MD trajectory. One approach I've considered is using a per-frame script to save Ramachandran plot images (i.e., using the model panel, its possible to create a plot and then save the image as a png) Is there a way to do this using commands? Or is there an easier way to animate a plot of phi and psi angles over time? Thank you very much, Trina

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triggering events when findhbond finds a bond
by Anne Bowen 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi, I currently have a "Per-Frame Command" set up (in the MD Movie dialog) that finds the H bonds (findhbond makePseudobonds true lineWidth 2.0 color green intramodel true intermodel false selRestrict any) every frame of a trajectory. Whenever a hbond is detected, I would like to turn the entire structure a different color just for that frame, and then have it go back to being colored by heteroatom. Is there an easy way to accomplish this? I tried to look through the documentation to determine if "findhbond" could return true or false if an h bond was found and it did not seem like it was possible. Is the only way to do this to change the findhbond script itself? Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated! Thank you, Anne

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bond transparency as a function of length?
by Kersey Black 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi, Very recent to Chimera. Trying to set the transparency of a bond to be a function of bond length in each frame of a trajectory. I have figured out how to define a transparent color, and now I am imaging the solution might use something like range color to vary the blending of the opaque version of the color and the fully transparent version based on distance, with the distance being determined as a per frame attribute of those atoms, but someplace around here I am lost. Any hints, links or suggestions would be very much appreciated. Cheers, KB

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Re: [Chimera-users] [chimera-dev] Rotating about an axis with mouse
by Elaine Meng 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi Patrick, If I understand correctly, you can do what you want with "Constrained Move" (in menu under Tools... Movement): <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/constrained/constr…> (The purpose of "Movement Mouse Mode" is different, mainly to allow moving subparts of a model. By default, mouse manipulation moves whole models.) You can also specify center and axis of rotation if using commands (turn, roll). <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/turn.html> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/roll.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco On Jun 4, 2012, at 6:28 AM, ladam wrote: > Hi all, > I have a python script that allows me to rotate a residue in a molecule > of a desired angle around a predefined vector. > Now I'd like to be able to do this graphically with the mouse on a selected > residue. > I have almost found what I want if I use the 'Move selection' option in the > 'Movement Mouse mode' but this does rotate around the center of Mass or > geometric center, not around a vector. > What I plan to do is derive the code from the corresponding /share/MoveSelection/move.py > module and try to insert a vector instead of the center_of_rotation(self.movable_groups) > but there is maybe a better, simpler idea. > Any suggestion? > Thanks a lot > -------------------------------- > Patrick Ladam > Maître de Conférence > Université Paris 13 - UFR SMBH > CSPBAT - Service RMN > 74, rue Marcel Cachin > 93017 Bobigny Cedex > Tel: 01 48 38 73 25 > Fax: 01 48 38 77 77 > mail: ladam(a)smbh.univ-paris13.fr > -------------------------------

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make selection disappear smoothly
by Thomas Evangelidis 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Dear Chimera developers, Simple question: is there any way to make a selection disappear smoothly during a movie? Thanks, Thomas

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copy & paste multiple commands
by Thomas Evangelidis 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Dear Chimera developers, This is an elementary question, but after searching a while in the mailing list and the documentation, I couldn't find the answer. So the question is if it is possible to copy & paste multiple commands in a single line into the Chimera command line interface. Alternatively, is the any "end of line" character that designates the end a of one command and the start of the next one? Thanks in advance, Thomas

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pH based conformational change
by Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Hi all, Is there any way in Chimera to model protein denaturation across various pH values? Thanks Nikolay Rodionv

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Re: [Chimera-users] Interpreting field / force direction in Coulombic Surface Coloring
by Elaine Meng 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Hi Sumitro, The interaction energy of a "test" charge at some point would be the charge multiplied by the electrostatic potential. So if the test charge is -1 e (like one electron) its interaction energy at a point with potential +10 kcal/(mol.e) would be favorable, -10 kcal/mol. Positive potential favors interaction with negative charges and vice versa. I hope this clarifies, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco P.S. better to send questions to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu because if you send to me and I'm on vacation, you might not get answered On May 18, 2012, at 12:36 AM, Sumitro Harjanto wrote: > Hi Elaine, > I have a simple question regarding the Coulombic Surface Coloring. I understand that the potential are generated by assuming a charged probe that moves along the surface of the model and as it traverses the surface the potential is picked up as the calculated electrostatic force the probe should experience (that's my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong please). > > I am just, however, a little confused about the interpretation of the value. say if I got a blue patch on the surface, which means I'm getting values in the range of ~10 (positive) kcal/(mol·e) at 298 K; does that mean the region indicated by the blue patch should potential attract or repel electron? > Thanks! > Cheers, > Sumitro

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Visualization of terminal carboxylate
by George Tzotzos 26 May '12

26 May '12

This must be really trivial but I am asking nevertheless as I tried to no avail. I'm trying to visualise the terminal carboxylate oxygens. For example, I do: select :125@O :125@OXT and get 2 atoms selected. I then try to Actions Atoms/Bonds sphere. Nothing is shown. I would be grateful for any suggestions Regards George

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PubChem Online Compound Search and Download
by Nancy 26 May '12

26 May '12

Hi All, I have been using the PubChem database to search for uncharged small molecules. However, even after specifying zero charge, PubChem still outputs compounds containing amino groups (-NH2) and carboxylic acids (-COOH); since I am interested in physiological pH, these compounds would actually be charged. Is there some way to exclude molecules containing these functional groups? I've noticed that there is an option on PubChem to include only certain atoms, but the search times out at 2 minutes if I try this. I'd like to exclude halogens and aldehydes as well, can this be specified? Finally, after searching for numerous compounds, how could all of them be downloaded into an organized compound library? If there is another online compound database besides PubChem that can be easily searched and has the same or better functionality, I'd greatly appreciate any info about it. Thanks, Nancy

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water around protein
by Bala subramanian 25 May '12

25 May '12

Friends, I guess when i select no. of water as "sel ::WAT & protein z<3", i the distance of water is chosen as distance from atom protein atom centres. Instead i want to calculate no. of water around the protein Vdw surface with same distance value. Any idea would be of great help. Thanks, Bala

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Re: [Chimera-users] Chimera-users Digest, Vol 109, Issue 28
by Boaz Shaanan 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hi, In answer to Nikolay's question about ESP values in various positions: 1) Elaine is absolutely right in pointing you to the APBS bb. If you look in their FAQ you'll notice that the question has been addressed several times. 2) There is an 'atompot' command that you can use when you run apbs. It'll print the values for each atom in the pdb, the only problem is that last time I tried it there were no atom names in output which was difficult for me (apbs team were supposed to add that feature) but x,y.z were there. 3) If atompot is not what you need somebody in the abps team will surely help you. Cheers, 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 Skype: boaz.shaanan Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710 ________________________________________ From: chimera-users-bounces(a)cgl.ucsf.edu [chimera-users-bounces(a)cgl.ucsf.edu] on behalf of chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu [chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:00 PM To: chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu Subject: Chimera-users Digest, Vol 109, Issue 28 Send Chimera-users mailing list submissions to chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chimera-users-request(a)cgl.ucsf.edu You can reach the person managing the list at chimera-users-owner(a)cgl.ucsf.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Chimera-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: ESP calculations (Eric Pettersen) 2. APBS output format (Elaine Meng) 3. Hydrogen bond energy calculation (Aditya Padhi) 4. Re: Hydrogen bond energy calculation (Elaine Meng) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:18:14 -0700 From: Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> To: "chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu BB" <chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: [Chimera-users] Fwd: ESP calculations Message-ID: <4C557064-D2EC-45A5-9523-B35E683C76D5(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Begin forwarded message: > From: Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov <nirodion(a)syr.edu> > Date: May 21, 2012 12:43:34 PM PDT > To: Eric Pettersen <pett(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> > Subject: RE: [Chimera-users] ESP calculations > > Thank you both, > > Can either of you tell me how the information in a volume data set > is organized? I am looking at a .dx file that I created using APBS > which I would assume to be very similar to the volumetric data sets > created by Chimera. What does each column of data represent? Is > there any way for me to sort the ESP data based on position using > Excel or Matlab? I am only concerned with ESP data for one region of > molecule. If you could point me in the direction of some good > documentation on this file type it would be great. I don't know, so I'm forwarding this out to chimera-users land, where someone might have an answer... --Eric > > Thanks again, > Nikolay Rodionov > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Pettersen [mailto:pett@cgl.ucsf.edu] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:57 PM > To: chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu BB > Cc: Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov > Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] ESP calculations > > Also, if you compute a volume, you can use the "Values at Atom > Positions" tool to, um, get the values at atom positions (say, a > ligand), if that's relevant to what you're doing. > > --Eric > > On May 21, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Elaine Meng wrote: > >> Hi Nikolay, >> You can generate a grid of values with the "Compute grid" option of >> Coulombic Surface Coloring (or corresponding option of the >> "coulombic" >> command). The grid is a volume data set, and when it is generated >> the >> Volume Viewer and Surface Color dialogs will automatically appear. >> >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/coulombic/ >> co >> ulombic.html >>> >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/coulombic/ >> co >> ulombic.html#volume >>> >> >> You can save the grid to a file with the FIle menu of Volume Viewer. >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/ >> volumeviewer >> /framevolumeviewer.html >>> >> >> As for the values at each point of the surface, I don't know of a way >> to write these all to a file, but in Surface Color if you click the >> Options button and then turn on the option to "Report value at mouse >> position" it will report the values in the status line at the bottom >> of the Chimera window when you click into the graphics window and >> then >> mouse over the surface. I just noticed that to make this work it is >> necessary to recolor the surface first by clicking the Color button >> on >> this dialog, which may be a bug, but that's the workaround! >> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/surfcolor/ >> su >> rfcolor.html >>> >> >> If you have the grid file saved you can reopen it in Chimera later >> and >> use it in Surface Color without rerunning the ESP calculation. >> >> However, keep in mind that Coulombic ESP is more for qualitative >> purposes of visualization or making comparisons between related >> structures than for absolute quantitative accuracy. For example, you >> could easily make all the ESP values half as large simply by doubling >> the dielectric constant used in their calculation, as shown in the >> equation in the Coulombic Surface Coloring manual page. >> >> I hope this helps, >> Elaine >> ---------- >> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. >> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department >> of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco >> >> On May 21, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I was wondering if there was a way to get an output data file >>> regarding ESP coloring and calculations based on Coulomb's law. The >>> visualization is great but I would also like to quantify the data. >>> Thank you, >>> Nikolay Rodionov >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chimera-users mailing list >> Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >> http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users >> > > > >

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Hydrogen bond energy calculation
by Aditya Padhi 24 May '12

24 May '12

Dear Chimera users, I want to calculate the "energy or force" exerted between amino acid residues interacted by Hydrogen bonds throughout a total trajectory from MD simulation of a protein performed using Amber 10. (Example: H-bond between Isoleucine17-Asp15, Asp15-Ile46, Ile46-His13 etc, I want to calculate the H-bond interaction energy between these pair of residues and hence the net energy). I searched in the tutorials and literature but could not able to find any appropriate solutions. If anyone has the idea, please assist me finding the solution of this problem. Thanking you, Regards Aditya.

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How to change the style of Hbonds
by Wendy Chu 21 May '12

21 May '12

Hello all, I am doing the Hbond analysis for my investigation. I found that the Hbonds are labeled as the solid line in the Chimera. But I prefer the dashed line. How to change it? Thank you~~~ -- Wen-Ting Chu State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China

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In Silico Compound Library Search
by Nancy 20 May '12

20 May '12

Hi All, Does anyone know of a free cheminformatic service from which it's possible to narrow down a search for molecules by inputting limits on their molecular parameters, such as molecular weight or the number of hydrogen bond donors, etc? Such a resource would be of great help. Thanks in advance, Nancy

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How to place a metal ion in protein model
by Suneel N.A. 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hi Its my pleasure to introduce myself, I am Suneel, graduate student from India. I am not a bioinformatician by profession but a eager aspirant of learning bioinformatics. I am new to Chimera, but as I started using it, the desire for leraning Bioinformatics increased more and more. Chimera is such an awesome tool packed with so many options. I love it . I have small question for you. I have a predicted the structure of protein using in silico tools (based on homology modeling). Literature sates that this protein binds to Magnesium. Now I would like to know if I can use chimera to place the metal in the modeled structure and prove/validate it based on metal geometry. Please do the needful. Thanking you in anticipation yours sincerely suneel -- *Suneel Narayanavari. A* Graduate Student Prof. Manjula Sritharan's Laboratory of Infection Biology Department of Animal Sciences School of Life Sciences University of Hyderabad Hyderabad-46

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Minimize Structure While keeping charges
by Michael Tomasini 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to read in charges from a .mol2 file in order to use those charges in the minimize structure utility. By default, it seems that minimize structure adds charges which can be a rather time-consuming step. If I already have the charges in a .mol2 file, can these charges simply be used for the minimization? Thanks, Mike

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Re: [Chimera-users] [Dock-fans] cofactors in dock
by Scott Brozell 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi, On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 03:22:11PM +0530, Mary Varughese wrote: > I have to include the cofactor GTP as part of my receptor protein and dock > with a ligand. But chimera is not allowing to prepare rec_charged.mol2 file > since it fails at finding amibcc charge method for GTP residue. Then i > separately prepared the mol2 file for GTP (using gtp.prep and gtp.frcmod) > and after performing dockprep on the receptor i opened the GTP.mol2 file in > the same window and write the mol2 file. but again at grid generation it > fails "Reading in coordinates of receptor. > WARNING assign_vdw_labels: Atom valence violated for 1SA0.pdb (combined) > **** GTP 848 C8 13145. > Error reading in receptor." Which version of chimera are you using ? There was some recent activity for GTP but using Gasteiger charges: http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2011-October/006846.html Are you saying that you ran antechamber separately from chimera and got the am1bcc charges for gtp ? scott

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PDB column overlap --PDB2PQR,APBS
by Nikolay Igorovich Rodionov 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi all, I am trying do Poisson-Boltzmann calculations through outside software, PDB2PQR and APBS. I am prepare my initial pdb file in chimera using the 'write pdb' method. The final structure is quite large, 737058 atoms, so I am getting overlaps in the data columns after I write the PDB file. This doesn't create a problem for rendering the PDB file but I get parsing errors and other strange occurrences when I try to create a complementary PQR file. Does anyone know of a work around? Here are links to my structures, if you look you will see that a significant portion of the structure is getting cut off in the PQR. I can't seem to generate more than about 99760 atoms, no matter what I try. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42179401/2TMV.18H.pdb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42179401/2TMV.18Ha.pqr Can anyone think of a potential fix? I've experienced this same problem with smaller helix pdb files. Thank you, Nikolay Rodionov

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improved movie tools
by Martin de Jonge 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hi, I recently published a tomographic reconstruction that was rendered using Chimera (see: http://www.pnas.org/content/107/36/15676.abstract) The movie that we were able to build using Chimera was excellent, but had to be recorded entirely in real time. That is, we had to turn on recording, manipulate the model, and turn off recording. I feel that it would be much easier if there was a nice interface to sequencing functionality. In this (as I imagine it) a sequence of particular views could be stored, and times specified for smooth transition from one element in the sequence ('view') to the next. These views could even be stored as saved sessions (if that helps with implementation). Please let me know if this functionality is already possible and (if so) please send me a sample! I note that my licence has expired; but when I try to renew it I run into problems with the server. Looking forward to your reply, Martin de Jonge Senior Scientist - XFM Australian Synchrotron p: (03) 8540 4195 | f: (03) 8540 4200 | m: 0488 338 594 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168 <br>This message and any attachments may contain proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or you received the message in error, you must not use, copy or distribute the message. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message. Thank you.

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