[chimerax-users] save symmetry information to cif header

[Pranav Shah]

Hi Greg, Hi Tom,
I should have been a little bit more clear about the request. The
primary motivation for requesting this feature was that I had measured
the symmetry of the map which I later applied to the model (the
asymmetric unit had already been fit into the map).
Writing out the position matrices to a file would be a desired outcome
as saving the entire symmetric assembly is not always necessary.
Best,
Pranav
--
Pranav Shah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Division of Structural Biology,
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
University of Oxford,
Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN,
UK
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:53 AM Greg Couch <gregc at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Just to clarify, for mmCIF files, currently ChimeraX can write out the assembly position matrices, but only if they were present when reading in the mmCIF file.  Tom is proposing that the sym command optionally add the new assembly position matrices to the molecule's metadata so they will be written out.
>
>     -- Greg
>
> On 9/8/22 14:28, Tom Goddard via ChimeraX-users wrote:
>
> Hi Pranav,
>
>   ChimeraX currently does not write out the assembly position matrices when saving mmCIF (.cif) or PDB (.pdb) format files.  But it probably could be added.  We have that as a feature request
>
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/ticket/6538
>
> Here is how I'd envision that working.  You use the ChimeraX sym command to make symmetric copies of the asymmetric unit, then you save in mmCIF format.  It would write the mmCIF tables pdbx_struct_assembly, pdbx_struct_assembly_gen, pdbx_struct_oper_list to encode the positions of the symmetric copies.  I don't know of other software that reads these tables except for ChimeraX.  When you opened the written mmcif file in ChimeraX you would be able to to reproduce the symmetry with a command like "sym #1 assembly 1".
>
>   Is that what you had in mind?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2022, at 5:44 AM, Pranav Shah via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> Is it possible to insert BIOMT like fields into the asymmetric unit of
> a symmetric molecule when saving the coordinates as a cif file?
> Best,
> Pranav
> --
> Pranav Shah
> Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
>
> Division of Structural Biology,
> Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
> University of Oxford,
> Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN,
> UK
> _______________________________________________
> ChimeraX-users mailing list
> ChimeraX-users at cgl.ucsf.edu
> Manage subscription:
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChimeraX-users mailing list
> ChimeraX-users at cgl.ucsf.edu
> Manage subscription:
> https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users