[Chimera-users] sequence viewer
Eric Pettersen
pett at cgl.ucsf.edu
Thu Dec 18 10:20:07 PST 2008
Hi Christos,
In previous releases, there were two tools that showed sequences:
the sequence viewer (single sequences) and Multalign Viewer (sequence
alignments). We plan to show additional information with sequences
(e.g. UniProt markups) and as a step in that direction we decided to
unify our presentation of sequence info by making MAV capable of
showing single sequences. That way, the work to show sequence
information in the user interface won't have to be duplicated each
time we add something.
So, rather than restore the old sequence viewer, what I would prefer
to do is make the MAV interface better for showing single sequences.
Would it help if single sequences were combined in a single dialog,
like in the previous sequence viewer? I don't think that's too hard
to do. As for color, I think you're right that for a single sequence
it makes more sense to show that columns as black, since there is no
conservation per se down the column. I can easily change that. You
can too, in fact, by choosing Preferences->Analysis in the MAV window
and changing "Residue letter coloring" to "black" (the preference will
be carried over to future MAV dialogs).
So what other changes would make the MAV version of the sequence
version more usable? I guess this is actually a general question to
everybody...
--Eric
On Dec 17, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Gatsogiannis, Christos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i ve just installed the latest daily build version and i´ve noticed
> that the sequence viewer has a new "look".
> However, i have difficulties to get used to it...
> Some examples:
> -when i want to view the sequence of a pdb file containing seven
> chains, i get seven different pop-up windows (...) showing the
> sequences corresponding to the seven different chain ID´s....
> -Moreover, it isn´t so "easy" anymore to select aminoacids directly
> in the sequence viewer (e.g. too many colors) and therefore now i´m
> selecting residues using only the command line..
> My colleagues also prefer the older version..
> is there a simple way to install the latest chimera version but keep
> the old version of the sequence viewer?
> Thanks!
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