Hi Alex, The Matchmaker tool and "matchmaker" command are for sequence-alignable biopolymer chains (peptides, RNA, DNA) and use only one mainchain atom per residue. When you enter "match" it is just recognized as a truncation of "matchmaker" so you get the same thing. The command in ChimeraX to match any atoms of your choice in any kinds of molecules is "align" ... for example: align #1:203@C19,C20,C21,C16,C17,O18 to #2:125@C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,O6 (or the other way around, if you wanted #2 to move) See the help for various command options: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/align.html> Maybe you were looking at the help pages for Chimera, which is different than ChimeraX. Only Chimera has a separate "match" command, which we renamed as "align" in ChimeraX because truncated commands are accepted. 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
On May 22, 2024, at 2:20 PM, Alexander Hung Lee via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to use the match command (not matchmaker) to align the ring atoms of a ligand. The command gives "No matrix compatible with both reference structure and all match structure" and translates the match command to matchmaker in the reply log. However, in Chimera I'm able to align jjst those ring atoms with the match command. Of course, using matchmaker on just those atoms in Chimera gives "No chains in reference structure #1 compatible with BLOSUM-62 similarity matrix"
tl;dr. Trying to align ring atoms of a ligand instead of protein chain
Chimerax mask 1 = #1:203@C19,C20,C21,C16,C17,O18 mask 2 = #2:125@C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,O6 matchmaker: No matrix compatible with both reference structure and all match structures match: Same as above. In reply log, match is extended to matchmaker
Chimera mask 1 = #0:203@C19,C20,C21,C16,C17,O18 mask 2 = #1:125@C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,O6 matchmaker: No chains in reference structure #1 compatible with BLOSUM-62 similarity matrix match: Gives me RMSD ** I need this atom match functionality in ChimeraX