[Chimera-users] Finding SASA for individual residues

[Prathvi Singh]

Thank you so much Elaine!!

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 9:42 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Prathvi,
> Yes, either one.
>
> In Chimera, they are automatically calculated when you show a molecular
> surface.  It creates an attribute named areaSAS, as explained here:
> <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/representation.html#surfaces
> >
>
> See also this previous chimera-user post on using Chimera to get a list of
> residue SASA values
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2018-June/014729.html>
>
> (If you use this page <
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/feedback.html> to search
> chimera-users by "sasa", that was the top hit)
>
> In ChimeraX, you would use the command "measure sasa"
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/measure.html#sasa>
> ... then save attribute "area" to file
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/save.html#attributes>
>
> 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 14, 2022, at 6:29 AM, Prathvi Singh via Chimera-users <
> chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Elaine,
> > Can I use chimera or chimeraX to know the solvent accessible surface
> area (SASA) for selected residues?
>
>

-- 
Prathvi Singh,
Research Fellow,
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016
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