April 2025 - ChimeraX-users - RBVI Mailing Lists

Issues with find cavities tool
by Marino, Claudia 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Greetings, I am not sure why I recently cannot longer use the tool “find cavities”. My ChimeraX version is 1.9 and my MacOS is Sequoia 15.4. Please, find below the screenshot of the Error message. [cid:image001.png@01DBA7F0.57B85750] Thank you very much in advance for your help. Sincerely, Claudia.

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reduce gridpoints on the cryoEM map (640 x 640 x 640 ) to ( 320 x 320 x 320)
by arangarajan＠initialtx.com 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

hi, i need to reduce the grid points to make the map work with MOE. I am not sure if this is possible in chimerax and i would appreciate some suggestions for creating a mrc file with reduced grid points. please let me know your thoughts. best amith

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VR on ubuntu workstation
by arangarajan＠initialtx.com 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi, i got steam VR installed but later found out that Oculus does not support linux. Is there a work around for using chimerax VR on latest ubuntu machine with oculus rift s headset? i can get other headset also if it will fit this purpose. thanks in advance, best amith

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Effect of clearing ChimeraX cache from Mac?
by Radford, Katelyn M. (Kate) 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hi there! I'm in the throes of a memory-expensive project and my computer is running out of space. A little bit of googling led me to conclude that it would probably make sense for me to clear my system's cache, as my system files take up about a third of my disk space. ChimeraX cache files account for a substantial portion of that memory usage. As I make figures, I save .cxs files of each figure so that it's easy to go back and edit things that need to be changed. My ChimeraX also has a bunch of plug-ins installed (e.g. ISOLDE). I'm wondering: how much damage will I do to my installation and to my .cxs files if I delete the ChimeraX cache? System and software details: ChimeraX version: 1.9 MacOS: Ventura 13.0 Chip: Apple M2 Max Thank you all so much for the excellent work you do, Best wishes, Kate Kate Radford (she/they) PhD candidate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics California Institute of Technology 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125

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Re: cartoon not displaying in ChimeraX despite complete backbone
by amith ranga 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Dear ChimeraX users, I'm unable to display the cartoon representation for pdb file in ChimeraX, even though the residues and atoms appear complete. The structure contains standard RNA residues (A, G, U) , Each residue includes all expected backbone atoms (P, O5', C5', C4', C3', O3', C1', O4', etc.) as well as complete base atoms and hydrogens. The file was written out from MOE software and I am not sure if this is an issue. Some tips on how to edit the pdb file would be helpful Thanks, amith

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[ISOLDE] Handling Lys-Asp iso-peptide bonds and D-amino acids
by Yang Lee 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Addressing this to Tristan, in all likelihood. Is there a way of parameterising KD isopeptide bonds and D-amino acids? Perhaps a secret three letter code I can rename the residues to make them play nice? Unfortunately, I'm trying to model a peptide that has both of these exotic elements. Cheers, Yang

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Color of unrolled density maps
by Sen, Anindito 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Dear ChimeraX Team, Is there a way we can keep/restore the color of the unrolled helical density maps ? Regards Anindito Sen. Ph.D Microscopy and Imaging Center Texas A&M University 301 Old Main Dr College Station, TX 77843-2257 Office: ILSB Room 1133 <http://microscopy.tamu.edu/>Tel. 979-458-9881 fax: 979-847-8933 http://microscopy.tamu.edu<http://microscopy.tamu.edu/>

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Re: Regarding peptide bond formation using chimeraX
by Tom Goddard 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hi Harpreet, I'm not sure how you deleted the bond. If you deleted a peptide bond with delete bonds /A:102@C /A:103@N or the equivalent menu Actions / Atoms and Bonds / delete then you could just recreate it with bond /A:102@C /A:103@N I'm not sure why you would do that since there is no need to delete a bond to move the two pieces of the structure. Instead maybe you split the protein into two separate models. In that case you can't simply add a bond between different models, instead you have to combine the models (e.g. command "combine #1,2"). You might get better answers on the ChimeraX mailing list, so I have CC'ed that list. Tom > On Apr 21, 2025, at 4:06 PM, Singh, Harpreet <harpreet.singh2(a)ucsf.edu> wrote: > > Dear Professor Goddard, > > I hope you are doing well. > > I am a Postdoctoral scholar from the Robert M. Stroud lab. I recently deleted a peptide bond from our protein structure to adjust the model for cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) mapping. I am now attempting to reconstruct the peptide bond using the Build Structure tool. However, I am encountering an error message indicating that there are no chain-terminal carbons in the atoms. > > I would appreciate your assistance in resolving this issue. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Best regards, > Harpreet Singh > Postdoctoral Fellow, Stroud lab > Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics > UCSF

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Color of unrolled density maps
by Eric Pettersen 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

The original was sent to the wrong address (chimerax-users-bounces)… Dear ChimeraX Team, Is there a way we can keep/restore the color of the unrolled helical density maps ? Regards Anindito Sen. Ph.D Microscopy and Imaging Center Texas A&M University 301 Old Main Dr College Station, TX 77843-2257 Office: ILSB Room 1133 <http://microscopy.tamu.edu/>Tel. 979-458-9881 fax: 979-847-8933 http://microscopy.tamu.edu <http://microscopy.tamu.edu/>

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Quality of sphere representation
by Enrico Martinez 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

Dear ChimeraX users! I wonder if there is a special option which would allow me to increase the quality of sphere representation (which are displayed by default for big cryo-em protein complexes loaded in chimeraX) in the same way as it can be done for surfaces using gridSpacing ? Many thanks in advance Enrico

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