[Chimera-users] Open MTZ file

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Hernando,
Chimera does not convert MTZ to density maps, sorry, as discussed in various older posts.  
<http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2014-May/009936.html>
<http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2006-February/000700.html>

I don't really understand the part about dsn6: that is already a density map format, so if you have that, you could try opening it as dsn6 (e.g. by using filename ending with .omap or .brix).
<http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/filetypes.html#volume>

ChimeraX can read mtz files if you both:
(1) already have an atomic structure that goes with the mtz
(2) download and install the Clipper bundle from the ChimeraX Tool Shed
(start ChimeraX, then use menu Tools... More Tools to get to the Tool Shed)

More details on opening MTZ in ChimeraX:
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/open.html#clipper>

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Aug 20, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Hernando J Sosa <hernando.sosa at einsteinmed.org> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to read/convert MTZ or dsn6 (?)  crystallography electron density as provided by the Protein Data Bank files in chimera?
> 
> I know that Phenix has a routine to convert mrc density fles (readable by Chimera) into   MTZ  files (readable in Coot but not Chimera) but  not the other way around.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Hernando