March 2023 - ChimeraX-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

Missing Vina on ChimeraX
by Luigi Marongiu 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear sir or madam, I am using UCSF ChimeraX version 1.5 (2022-11-24). I have been trying to use AutoDock Vina but there is no such command in my version. How do I install it into ChimeraX (as shown in many tutorials, Vina is part of Chimera)? Thank you. Best regards, Luigi Marongiu Ph.D., B.Sc. (Hons.)

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Colouring clipping plane
by GOVAERTS Cédric 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Hi ChimeraX team. I’m trying to get an image of a protein whose surface is colored by electrostatic properties but clipped halfway. I would like the clipping plane to be white, not red/blue according to the electrostativ properties of the residues insides the protein. However, I don’t’ seem to be able to do that. -If I color everything white and then click on Molecular-Display “electrostatic”, the clipping plane also gets the electrostatic coloring [Graphical user interface Description automatically generated] -If I color everything white and then click on Molecular-Display “hydrophobic” or “rainbow” it works, the clipping plane remains white. [cid:image002.png@01D94092.6E8A2390] Can you help me getting the white clipping plane with electrostatic surface ? Thanks a bunch Cedric — Prof. Cedric Govaerts, Ph.D. Universite Libre de Bruxelles Campus Plaine. Phone :+32 2 650 53 77 Building BC, Room 1C4 203 Boulevard du Triomphe, Acces 2 1050 Brussels Belgium http://govaertslab.ulb.ac.be/

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ISOLDE and secondary structure restraints
by Guido Hansen 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Hi all, I just started model building in cryoEM maps and get great results using ISOLDE on AlphaFold2-derived initial models. I have a question which is mainly directed to Tristan I guess: Is is possible to use the command line/script to apply secondary structure restraints in ISOLDE? I would like to restrain the initial secondary structure assignment from Alphafold especially at resolution worse than 3.5 A. At the moment I select each and every residue range assigned to helix, parallel or antiparallel beta-strand one after the other and turn on the corresponding restrains in the ISOLDE GUI. Is there a better way via command line of script? Cheers, Guido -- PD Dr. Guido Hansen Group Leader UNIVERSITÄT ZU LÜBECK INSTITUT FÜR BIOCHEMIE Tel +49 451 3101 3122 Fax +49 451 3101 3104 E-Mail hansen(a)biochem.uni-luebeck.de www.biochem.uni-luebeck.de [1] Ratzeburger Allee 160 23562 Lübeck Links: ------ [1] http://www.biochem.uni-luebeck.de

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Feature request: replace residues in model with residues from other model
by Vorländer,Matthias Kopano 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Dear ChimeraX team, Thanks a lot for developing the amazing tool that is ChimeraX! I use it extensively for model building, and would like to request a functionality to replace a residue selection in one model from residues in another model (similar to what is possible in coot via the replace fragment functionality). I am aware that this currently possible by a combination of delete, combine, and changechains, but it would be great if this could be shortcutted. Many thanks in advance, Matthias

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Trajectory smoothing
by Shubham Devesh Ramgoolam 15 May '23

15 May '23

Hi all, Does chimeraX has a command for trajectory smoothing? Based on previous similar questions, I know a script was written for trajectory smoothing in chimera/chimeraX. However, I cannot not access this script because it is not found on the server anymore. Shubham Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows

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Question in using ChimeraX ----mesh parameters
by Wang, Shuhui 09 May '23

09 May '23

Hello developers, I have a question in using ChimeraX. May I ask how can I change the density of grids and line size of the mesh for a volume? Best, Shuhui

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AlphaFold best_model.pdb could not visually overlap the input sequence using matchmaker
by Cheng Fei Phung 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi, I am trying do "matchmaker #2 to #1" between colab output ( best_model.pdb which is pasted here at http://ix.io/4rRO ) and https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7CR5 However, as seen in https://i.imgur.com/gHL8to3.png , there is not really much visual overlapping since the structures are not rotated properly to match each other. The log for doing matchmaker command is available here at https://i.imgur.com/78h5CLq.png The colab notebook is also saved as a screenshot here at https://i.imgur.com/LSTdyZe.png Manually doing "turn z 1 270 model #1 center #1" or similar rotations commands also do not help. Please advise. Regards, Phung Cheng Fei

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question about chimerax
by 12119007 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

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MICROTUBULE AND SYM COMMAND
by Aleck Dwyer 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hi, I am trying to model a microtubule Cryo-EM map (my first time).in Chimera I was following the example https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/videodoc/MicrotubuleSym/index.html I was able to do the example but when using my data I see issues. The spacing is way off. If anyone has modeled a microtubule in Chimera and/or ChimeraX please let me know.. Thanks, Aleck [image: image.png] <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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MICROTUBULE AND SYM COMMAND
by Victor Dwyer 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hi, I am trying to model a microtubule Cryo-EM map (my first time).in Chimera I was following the example https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/videodoc/MicrotubuleSym/index.html I was able to do the example but when using my data I see issues. The spacing is way off. If anyone has modeled a microtubule in Chimera and/or ChimeraX please let me know.. Thanks, Aleck [image.png] ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today.

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ChimeraX-users March 2023