[chimerax-users] mmcif assemblies for alphafold prediction

Noriega, Heather heather.noriega at bison.howard.edu
Sat Oct 30 04:35:39 PDT 2021


Yes, so that is what I did. The "4 and 6" are the number of the assemblies
I wanted to recreate which is the asymmetrical unit and crystal version of
the unit. I did open up 1LP3 from the PDB bank super imposed to my alphfold
prediction with matchmaker and then used the sym command for assembly #4
and #6. However, only the 1LP3 create the sym. The alphafold stays as a
single superimposed monomer and I don't know why or how to fix it.

Thank you,

Heather Noriega
PhD-Pharmaceutical Science student
College of Pharmacy
Howard University
heather.noriega at bison.howard.edu
520-203-1883

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021, 10:10 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Heather,
> I don't know what you mean by "similar to 4 and 6."  The mmCIF information
> is for describing and applying symmetries, not making an asymmetric
> assembly.
>
> Assuming that your ultimate goal is to generate such an assembly of your
> AlphaFold-predicted monomeric chain structures:  If you have an assembly
> structure of some other similar proteins in that arrangement, you can open
> copies of your alphafold predictions and superimpose these copies onto the
> corresponding subunits of the known assembly (e.g. with "align" or
> "matchmaker" ... probably the latter, as it is easier if it works for your
> specific situation), then close that known assembly, leaving your
> approximately modeled assembly of AlphaFold models.
>
> Matchmaker tool and command
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/matchmaker.html>
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/matchmaker.html>
>
> align command
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/align.html>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Oct 29, 2021, at 6:53 PM, Noriega, Heather via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am trying to create an asymmetrical assembly similar to 4 and 6 with
> an alphafold prediction. There are no mmCIF assemblies connected with this
> prediction, is there a way to add the assemblies, if so how? Or is there
> another way to create this figure without the assembly?
> > Thank you,
> > Heather Noriega
> > PhD-Pharmaceutical Science student
> > Howard University
> > heather.noriega at bison.howard.edu
> > 520-203-1883
>
>
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