[chimerax-users] Calculation of polar and apolar surface area

[Gorman, Scott Daniel]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has a preferred way of calculating the polar and apolar surface areas for a macromolecule with ChimeraX? I've tried deleting all of the solvent and then using the command "measure sasa @N @O @S" for the polar surface area and then "measure sasa @C" for the apolar surface area, but the calculation for either comes up with a number too close to the total surface area, i.e. apolarSASA + polarSASA > totalSASA. So clearly I'm not approaching this problem correctly.


Scott Gorman

PhD Candidate

Boehr Lab

PSU Chemistry
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