User:Wayne Decatur/3kg2 Morph Methods

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Revision as of 18:44, 10 July 2010

First split all chains A, B, C, and D into single files and then used PyMol to change all chains to A for chains:
 
for example:

alter (chain B),chain='A'
sort

Used Beta server - mainly because it allows turning off fitting so I can show relationship (symmetry operations until the SYMOP functions within Jmol work within Proteopedia when newer version added) of identical conformations, left fitting on for showing difference between chain A and chain B.

Next I was trying to get the subunit A to B morph to load already close to the familiar arrangement, so I tried in PyMol to orient it like I wanted it and then save all states (just fyi...found I could show all states at same time on screen with 'set all_states,1' from - PyMol reference card - 'set all_states,0' turns it back to one frame only shown). From http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02004.html found this series of commands (ENTERED ONE LINE AT A TIME) helped make a file with all models from PyMOL:
 

split_states 3kg2atob 
delete 3kg2atob 
alter all, segi = model[-4:] 
rewind 
save test.pdb, all 

However, this didn't save the orientation I had moved it to at the start. Seems I could use get_view and set_view commands to get back to what I wanted after reload but I need it to open in Jmol the way I wanted so that doesn't help. A little more searching turned up on the Modeling and Editing Structures page of the PyMol Wiki that I could save with transformed coordinates using a simple Python script:

# Adds the command save_transformed
# Usage: save_transformed object, file
def save_transformed(object,file):
    m = cmd.get_view(0)
    ttt = [m[0], m[1], m[2], 0.0,
           m[3], m[4], m[5], 0.0,
           m[6], m[7], m[8], 0.0,
           0.0,   0.0,  0.0, 1.0]
    cmd.transform_object(object,ttt)
    cmd.save(file,object)

cmd.extend('save_transformed',save_transformed)

And so I again loaded the 3kg2 a to b morph (assigned secondary structure so cartoon look matched what I was used to looking at) and oriented like I wanted, then split them all and deleted original using commands above up until 'rewind' command, then ran the script I had saved on my drive, and then typed 'save_transformed all, test.pdb'
However, that didn't save orientation I expected. I tried it on a single pdb file (no multiple models in the file) that I did rotate and instead of using 'all' as the name I used the object and it did save it as a different orientation; however, strangely not the exact one I expected. Yet since it won't work with all, it wouldn't be worth it when Jmol can fix it right after it loads. In fact, saving a layer from pymol after it had been pair_fit (PyMol moves the first object in a command like 'pair_fit 3KG2a,3KG2b' onto the second one does indeed change the orientation of the second one;note DeepView keeps what you loaded first in place and magicfits second item when magicftting default way so second orientation gets changed and saves different) and so they will be able to be superimposed in Jmol when superimposed that way.