September 2024 - ChimeraX-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

colored stl file for 3d printing
by Haydar Witwit 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

Dear ChimeraX team, I'd like to know if it is possible to save a colored file of pdb into stl, because when I save the file as stl, chemierax saves it as a monocolor structure. Actually, my intention was to 3d print a hydrophobic structure of small protein but labeled with one letter code label and position of the amino acids. Something similar to the following image: [cid:4c34bc91-300a-456c-8583-ab4de7f1b1d9] Kind regards Haydar

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Re: Optimizing ChimeraX Performance for Multiple Subtomo Maps
by Tom Goddard 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

Hi Wang, Glad to hear ArtiaX helps showing your subtomogram averaged particles. An important feature of that extension written by Utz Ermel optimizes the display of thousands of particles by not using a separate ChimeraX model for each one. I tried opening 1500 maps of size 20 x 20 x 20 grid points in ChimeraX 1.8 on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra with much less powerful graphics than an Nvidia 4090, displaying all as surfaces, full lighting, and they rotated, zoomed and translated usably fast at 9 frames per second. So I am surprised you had a problem and I don't know why it is slow for you. Tom > On Sep 6, 2024, at 3:01 AM, 王光磊 <wangguanglei20(a)mails.ucas.ac.cn> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > Thank you for your prompt response. > > It seems that the performance issue was caused by the excessive number of subtomo maps. In my case, I loaded approximately 1,500 subtomo maps using the subtomo2chimera script, and displayed them in surface mode. This led to ChimeraX freezing for several seconds after any rotation or zoom of the view. Loading an extra tomograph did not affect performance. > > I tried using AriaX to load the subtomo maps, and now the scene runs smoothly. Thank you for your advice! > > Thanks, > > Wang GuangLei > > > > -----原始邮件----- > 发件人:"Tom Goddard" <goddard(a)sonic.net> > 发送时间:2024-09-06 03:34:59 (星期五) > 收件人: 王光磊 <wangguanglei20(a)mails.ucas.ac.cn> > 抄送: chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu > 主题: Re: [chimerax-users] Optimizing ChimeraX Performance for Multiple Subtomo Maps > > Hi Wang, > > I think your Nvidia 4090 should handle the large tomogram fine, and probably the slowdown is because having 1000-2000 open model of any kind, even if they are small like your subtomo maps, is more than ChimeraX was designed to handle. I am surprised though that rotating the view becomes slow because that should just move the camera which should not depend on the number of models shown. Do I understand correctly that you just open the tomogram and 1000-2000 subtomograms, display them all, and rotate and it updates slowly? How slowly, like 1 frame per second, or does it freeze for ten seconds? What display style do you use for the subtomograms, surface or volumetric? > > You might be interested in the ArtiaX ChimeraX extension which is for looking at particles in tomograms. You would get it using ChimeraX menu Tools / More Tools.... > > Tom > > >> On Sep 5, 2024, at 1:15 AM, 王光磊 via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm using chimerax to display my tomograph and multiple subtomo averages in surface mode. Specifically, I need to visualize a 1440*1022*250 tomograph, along with 1000-2000 subtomo maps, sized at 32x32x32 and 16x16x16. However, loading such a large number of maps has significantly slowed down ChimeraX, particularly when rotating the view. Is there any settings to improve interactive performance or increase hardware utilization? I hope to avoid cropping the tomograph. >> >> My system specifications are as follows: >> >> Dual Intel Xeon 5317 processors(a)3.00GHz >> RTX 4090 GPU >> 128GB RAM >> Operating System: CentOS Stream 9 >> GNOME Version: 40.4 >> GPU Driver Version: 550.54.15 >> I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wang GuangLei >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ChimeraX-users mailing list -- chimerax-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >> To unsubscribe send an email to chimerax-users-leave(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >> Archives: https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/ >

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error in the documentation?
by Bourguet,Pierre 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

Dear ChimeraX support, First of all, thank you for developing & maintaining such an easy-to-use software. I am not trained as a structural biologist, but I looking at more and more structures thanks to alphafold. The journey is much nicer since I switched to ChimeraX! I have noticed the following inconsistency in the documentation. https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/alphafold.html#contacts "If one set of entities is higher-confidence (lower in pLDDT<https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/faq#faq-12>) than the other, it is usually best to specify them as the aligned set so that the coloring will show the error values of the lower-confidence set." My understanding is that it should say "(higher in pLDDT)". Hopefully that helps! Best, Pierre Pierre Bourguet Postdoc Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria pierre.bourguet(a)gmi.oeaw.ac.at http://www.gmi.oeaw.ac.at [cid:gmi_48f983b7-0679-4d21-99bc-bda376e5bf6b.png]

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Optimizing ChimeraX Performance for Multiple Subtomo Maps
by 王光磊 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

Hi, I'm using chimerax to display my tomograph and multiple subtomo averages in surface mode. Specifically, I need to visualize a 1440*1022*250 tomograph, along with 1000-2000 subtomo maps, sized at 32x32x32 and 16x16x16. However, loading such a large number of maps has significantly slowed down ChimeraX, particularly when rotating the view. Is there any settings to improve interactive performance or increase hardware utilization? I hope to avoid cropping the tomograph. My system specifications are as follows: Dual Intel Xeon 5317 processors(a)3.00GHz RTX 4090 GPU 128GB RAM Operating System: CentOS Stream 9 GNOME Version: 40.4 GPU Driver Version: 550.54.15 I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, Wang GuangLei

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Discrepancy: plDDT laphafold3 and ChimeraX version 1.9.dev202405310031 (2024-05-31)
by Khawar Siddiqui 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Dear Tom and ChimeraX team I recently did some protein structures using AF3. I found that the plDDT color prediction given by AF3 differs from when I opened the downloaded file in ChimeraX. Both photos are below. Can you please guide me to where I am making the mistake? Some adjustments may be needed. The AF3 coloring (right) shows prominently Blue-cyan (70-90% confidence) whereas after opening the same file in ChimeraX (left) shows many regions as yellow (50% confidence). Thanks again for the help. sohail Dr Khawar Sohail Siddiqui, [cid:3f847f24-9a1b-47bc-bb56-1704e8bd8ac3] [cid:2c952f1f-e76e-458e-a444-8242f6bdab3a] [cid:0089dce1-a9be-4009-93b9-d158c31cee29]hoo.com

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I found that the phosphodiester bond has broken.
by Yan ZHANG 张艳 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Dear ChimeraX Team, I am writing this letter due to an issue I have encountered. I have adjusted the phosphodiester bonds of the RNA chain using Coot for structure correction. However, when I opened it in ChimeraX, it appears to be in a broken state, even though the distance between the two atoms is 1.6 angstroms. I am unsure what the reason for this could be. I have attached an image below. The dashed line should originally be a P-O bond. Could you please suggest any solutions to this problem? I look forward to receiving your reply as soon as possible. [cid:image001.png@01DAFDEC.77532DA0]

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Purchase license
by Lili Ye 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Hello, I am from Sironax(Beijing)Co.,Ltd. We want to buy two licenses now, how to buy? Thanks! Lili Ye 叶丽丽 Sironax (Beijing) Co., Ltd. 维泰瑞隆（北京）生物科技有限公司 Add: Building 2, No.9 Yike Road, Zhong-Guan-Cun Life Science Park, Changping district, Beijing, China 102206 北京市昌平区生命科学园医科路9号院2号楼8层 Tel: （+86）15201581663 Email: Lili.Ye(a)sironax.com<mailto:Lili.Ye@sironax.com> [1534753277(1)]

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Inquiry About Building Molecular Structures in ChimeraX
by 化工化工 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

Dear Professor, I hope this message finds you well. I am currently engaged in machine learning research using ChimeraX. As part of my work, I need to substitute various groups on the phosphorus atom, including methyl, tert-butyl, cyano groups, and others. However, the current substitution function does not cover many groups, so I have been manually adding them to the SEQCROW library. At present, I am building the structures in Gaussian, which is quite cumbersome. Since I am not very familiar with ChimeraX, I am unsure whether it allows for manual molecular structure building. If such functionality is available, it would greatly assist my work. I would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions you might have. Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Best regards, Youcai Zhu 化工化工 1366924572(a)qq.com  

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Re: color bfactor by alphafold palette
by Elaine Meng 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

To summarize for users, the ChimeraX alphafold coloring to show pLDDT values is continuously shaded, whereas the coloring shown at the AlphaFold database is similar but discontinuous, and differences may be evident. The reasoning behind the ChimeraX alphafold coloring palette is that it may be more informative about the specific values. However, it may be confusing that it looks similar, yet not the same, as the AlphaFold database pLDDT coloring. A few months ago, Abnieszka Obarska (thank you!) helpfully provided a command to match the coloring shown at the AlphaFold database. Since it was in an image, however, it is not convenient for cut and paste, so I have copied it here: color bfactor palette 0,#FF7D45:50,#FF7D45:50.00001,#FFDB13:70,#FFDB13:70.00001,#65CBF3:90,#65CBF3:90.00001,#0053D6:100,#0053D6 Although I did not check if the color hex codes exactly match the AlphaFold database colors, I tried it on a couple of examples at least to my eye, it reproduced the coloring of structures shown at the database. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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