Dear Elaine,
I am still confusing on the function of "Pack molecules in unit cell" in Chimera. If we cut out a cube (or a volume) of crystal based on which a pdb was got, do you think the molecules packed in the cube in the way without "Pack molecules in unit cell" clicked, or the molecules packed in the cube in the way with "Pack molecules in unit cell" clicked?
I am looking forward to getting a reply from you.
Smith
At 2017-01-29 00:50:44, "Elaine Meng" <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>Hi Smith,
>It is my understanding that you will get the same number of copies whether or not you choose the ˇ°packˇ± option, and that there are multiple equally correct ways in which the copies will be positioned according to the symmetry information. The ˇ°packˇ± option simply chooses, out of these many equally correct alternatives, a configuration that places the centers of all the copies inside one unit cell outline box instead of spreading them out among neighboring boxes.
>I hope this helps,
>Elaine
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>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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>> On Jan 28, 2017, at 1:47 AM, Smith Liu <smith_liu123@163.com> wrote:
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>> Dear All,
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>> In Chimera, we do Tools ˇúHigher-Order StructureˇúUnit Cell, then what will be the diffenrence if we clicked "Pack molecules in unit cell" in comparison with if we did not click "Pack molecules in unit cell"? Does it mean that what we observed (or what Chimera displayed) if we click "Pack molecules in unit cell" , was really part of what it displayed if we did not click "Pack molecules in unit cell" but we increased the "Number of Cells" significantly?
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>> I am looking forward to getting a reply from you.
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>> Smith
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