[chimerax-users] Color atoms by RMSD

Nebojsa Bogdanovic nxb318 at case.edu
Fri Jan 21 09:19:16 PST 2022


Hi Elaine,

Thank you for the quick response. I got it to work and it does exactly what
I was looking for. Thank you once again.

Best regards
Nebojša Bogdanović, Ph.D
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
School of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University


On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:12 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Nebojša Bogdanović,
> In ChimeraX, you would need to show a sequence alignment of the two
> structures with RMSD displayed on the sequence alignment.  Then you can
> color the structures by CA RMSD per residue (which is really just the CA-CA
> distance since you only have two structures).  You don't have to show both
> structures, but you do have to superimpose them.  You can simply hide one
> of the structures after that.
>
> If you are using Matchmaker tool or mm command to superimpose the
> structures, it is easy, you can show the sequence alignment with RMSD
> displayed in the same step.  Example commands:
>
> open 2gbp
> open 2fw0
> mm #2 to #1 show true
> color byattribute seq_rmsd  #1 palette blue:red:yellow
> hide #2 models
>
> Of course you can use whatever coloring palette you like, I just used
> blue-red-yellow for the example.
>
> Matchmaker
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/matchmaker.html>
> ...or matchmaker (mm) command
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/matchmaker.html>
>
> sequence viewer headers including RMSD assigned as attribute
> <
> https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/tools/sequenceviewer.html#headers
> >
>
> coloring by attribute
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/color.html#byattribute>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
> > On Jan 21, 2022, at 8:51 AM, Nebojsa Bogdanovic via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am looking to color the atoms (cartoon representation) by RMSD values
> obtained from the matching of the two structures. Is there such a function?
> I would like to show which part of the target domain is moving the most in
> comparison to the previously x-ray solved structure of a know ligand state
> without showing the actual structures overlaid.
> >
> > Thank You very much.
> >
> > Nebojša Bogdanović, Ph.D
> > Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
> > School of Medicine,
> > Case Western Reserve University
>
>
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