UCSF ChimeraX version 1.9 has been released!
ChimeraX includes user documentation and is free for noncommercial use.
Download for Windows, Linux, and MacOS from:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html
Updates since version 1.8 (June 2024) include:
- Foldseek search and analysis of large sets of similar structures
- Find Cavities tool and "kvfinder" command to identify pockets
and channels in macromolecules
- optional residue-level summaries of H-bond and contact calculations
- "mutationscores" command for analysis and plotting of results
from deep mutational scanning
- "surface hidefarblobs" command for colocalization analysis of
light microscopy channels
- raycasting option for medical images or other maps displayed as
transparent volumes
- selection can be expanded to all residues associated with the same
column(s) in a sequence alignment
- protein structure metadata can be updated with full chain sequences
- missing-structure pseudobonds are labeled with the number of missing
residues (default, can be turned off in preferences)
For details, please see the ChimeraX change log:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/wiki/ChangeLog
On behalf of the team,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
