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<title>PDB Viewing</title>
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<p><strong>Viewing PDB Structures</strong></p>
+ <p>
+ Jalview can view protein structures associated with a sequence via the
+ <strong>"Structure→"</strong> submenu from a sequence's <a
+ href="../menus/popupMenu.html">pop-up menu</a>.
+ </p>
+ The
+ <a href="jmol.html">Jmol viewer</a> has been included since Jalview
+ 2.3. Jalview 2.8.2 included support for <a href="chimera.html">Chimera</a>, provided it is
+ installed and can be launched by Jalview. The default viewer can be
+ configured in the
+ <a href="preferences.html#structure">Structure tab</a> in the
+ <strong>Tools→Preferences</strong> dialog box.
+ <p>
+ Structure data imported into Jalview can also be processed to display
+ secondary structure and temperature factor annotation. See the <a
+ href="xsspannotation.html">Annotation from Structure</a> page for
+ more information.
+ </p>
+ <p>The following menu entries are provided for viewing structure data<br>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <strong>"Structure→View
+ Structure→</strong> submenu allows a single PDB structure to be chosen
+ for display from the available structures for a sequence.
+ </li>
+ <li>The <strong>"Structure→View all <em>N</em>
+ structures
+ </strong> option will open a new window containing all structures associated
+ with the current selection, superposed according to the currently selected region of the alignment.<br/><em>This
+ capability was added in Jalview 2.7</em>
+ </li>
+ <li>The <strong>"Structure→View all <em>N</em>
+ representative structures
+ </strong> option will open a new window containing exactly one structure per
+ currently selected sequence.<br />
+ <em>The View representative structures option was introduced in
+ Jalview 2.8.1</em></li>
+ </ul>
+</p>
-<p>Jalview can view protein structures associated with a sequence
-via the <strong>"Structure→View PDB entry:"</strong> entries from a
-sequence's <a href="../menus/popupMenu.html">pop-up menu</a>. Once a pdb
+<p>If a single pdb
structure is selected, one of the following will happen:</p>
<ul>
<li>If no structures are open, then an interactive display of the
- structure will be opened in a new window</li>
+ structure will be opened in a new window.</li>
<li>If another structure is already shown for the current
alignment, then you will be asked if you want to add and <a
href="jmol.html#align">align this structure</a> to the structure in
- the existing view. (<em>new feature in Jalview 2.6</em>)</li>
+ the existing view. (<em>new feature in Jalview 2.6</em>).</li>
<li>If the structure is already shown, then you will be prompted
to associate the sequence with an existing view of the selected
- structure.</li>
+ structure. This is useful when working with multi-domain or multi-chain PDB files.</li>
<li style="list-style: none">See the <a href="jmol.html">Jmol
- PDB viewer</a> help page for more information about the display.</li>
+ </a> and <a href="chimera.html">Chimera</a> PDB viewer help pages for more information about the display.</li>
</ul>
-
- <p>
- Additionally, if several of the sequences in the currently selected
- region of the alignment have associated structures, then Jalview will
- provide a 'View <em>X</em> structures' entry in the submenu. This
- option will open a new Jmol view containing all the structures
- available for all selected sequences, superimposed using the currently
- selected region of the alignment. (<em>This capability was added
- in Jalview 2.7</em>)
- </p>
-
+ <p><strong>Associating PDB files with Sequences</strong></p>
<p>To associate PDB files with a sequence, right click on a sequence
ID and select "Structure<strong>→</strong> Associate Structure with
Sequence", and one of the submenus:</p>
EBI, to fetch the PDB file with the entered Id.<br>
</li>
- <li>Discover PDB Ids - Jalview uses WSDBFetch, provided by the
- EBI, to discover PDB ids for all the sequences in the alignment which
- have valid Uniprot names / accession ids.</li>
+ <li>Discover PDB Ids - Jalview uses the sequence's ID to query WSDBFetch, provided by the
+ EBI, and any enabled DAS servers, to discover PDB ids associated with the sequence.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Importing PDB Entries or files in PDB format</strong><br>