Hi Yaikhomba, Measure rotation is simply telling you how #1 was already moved when it was matched to #2. It does NOT tell you the transformation between the domains in the after-matched position that would be needed to superimpose those domains. I tried to explain this in the help, but I know it's confusing: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/measure.html#rotation> If I understand correctly here is how I might try to do it: (1) superimpose 6gj2 onto 6rfr like you did already (2) save PDB 6gj2 relative to 6rfr (in matched position) (3) close 6gj2 (4) reopen saved version of 6gj2 that is already matched on 6rfr (5) then superimpose those domains (6) then measure rotation E.g. commands something like this: open 6g2j; open 6rfr match #1/L,N to #2/5,4 pair ss save 6g2jnew.pdb #1 rel #2 close #1 open 6g2jnew.pdb match #1/F to #2/B measure rotation #1 to #2 coordinate #1 showAxis true showSlabs true That gives a rotation of about 18 degrees, so maybe it is the measurement you had in mind. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Nov 26, 2021, at 8:41 AM, Y. Mutum via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi Elaine and ChimeraX Team
My query relates to measuring rotation between two subunits from homologous models in ChimeraX.
Here, I have first aligned the two models on one of sub-domains of these multi-domain complex. Then, without moving the models, the plan is to calculate the rotation in another domain, between the 2 models, apart from measuring the translational shift. So, • Align Chain /L,M (model #1, PDB:6g2j ) and Chains /5,4 (model #2, PDB:6rfr). • Calculate rotation of Chain /F (model #1, PDB:6g2j) and Chain /B (model #2, PDB:6rfr). I am using the following commands: -- open 6g2j; open 6rfr; -- match #1/L,N to #2/5,4 pair ss; -- measure rotation #1/F toModel #2/B coordinateSystem #1/F showAxis true showSlabs true;
The log report is: Position of 6g2j #1 relative to 6rfr #2 in 6g2j #1 coordinate system: Matrix rotation and translation 0.80441124 0.40360431 -0.43591986 67.76279700 0.18783349 0.52334489 0.83116106 -121.82969657 0.56359661 -0.75047565 0.34517410 202.31442783 Axis -0.83978100 -0.53070022 -0.11456502 Axis point 0.00000000 87.13355460 206.39866592 Rotation angle (degrees) 70.33834463 Shift along axis -15.42901832
Thus, ChimeraX is calculating a rotation of ¬70 degrees, which is clearly the case. The visual inspection suggests, that the rotation should be no more than ~15-20 degrees. I am not sure where I am going wrong. Could you please help?
Thanks Yaikhomba