[chimerax-users] Use values printed from Log inside a script (e.g. RMSD)

[Steven Truong]

Hi Eric, Tony, et al.,

Thank you for answering my question.  For now, I’ll be doing what Tony suggested re: assigning a value with the RMSD command.  Currently, I’m having issues with using “rmsd” by itself (it seems like rmsdAlign is the only valid command).  I’m assuming this is the same command, just named differently.

Re: your inquiry, the protein does have the same sequences.  However, the chain ID is critical, since I am attempting to “stitch” fragments of proteins at different residues.  For example, if I align a fragment to the wrong chain, it will have a bond hanging on the other side of the protein (not good!).  This stitching can be done manually (e.g. if it’s not the right chain or residue ID, I can simply move the fragment), but I am trying to automate this process via Python scripts.  Additionally, I have been doing the bond-forming on Chimera (with the command “bond”).  I’m not sure if there’s a better way of going about this, but my idea currently is to 1. Identify which chains match up, 2. Align fragments from 1 protein to the other (which may have different chain ID identifiers), 3. Make bonds on Chimera.

Many thanks,
Steven

On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:31 PM, Eric Pettersen <pett at cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:pett at cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:

Hi Steven,

On Oct 12, 2021, at 12:39 PM, Steven Truong via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu<mailto:chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:

Dear ChimeraX Admins,

I was hoping to use the “rmsd” command in ChimeraX to measure distances between models within a .py script.

Is there a way to use the output of “rmsd” (or generally any other output in Log) within the script? For example, if rmsd > 2 Angstroms, then do X.

Tony answered this.

Ultimately, I am attempting to align chains between models. Because my protein is asymmetric, chain A on Model #1 might actually be chain B on Model #2. I was hoping to use “rmsd” to map one chain to the other. Is it a better idea to do this in another program and re-write chain IDs in the .PDB file? If so, what other program would be better at making RMSD calculations between .PDB chains?

Do these chains have the same sequence?  Also, I'm a little uncertain what "map one chain to the other" means exactly.  At any rate, the matchmaker<https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/matchmaker.html> command can be used to superimpose one chain onto another and report the backbone (CA or C4'/P) RMSD for the match.  By default matchmaker iterates its match, pruning off poorly matching regions and re-matching to get a good fitting "core" match, and will report RMSD values for both the core region and across the entire sequence.  You can turn off the iteration if desired with matchmaker's "cutoffDistance none" option.

--Eric

Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab


Thank you,
Steven Truong
Cambridge University

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