X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=help%2Fhtml%2Ffeatures%2Fchimera.html;h=e1227de7541038ed6ca28ee7d2df0a4eb5ee4c57;hb=0bee8aadc22e41e4793db251a7d37a839bd77db8;hp=39dff7534e127825a20236e777e77df07c4e79bc;hpb=c17661b22323a66090ea91e04751aa17461b17c5;p=jalview.git diff --git a/help/html/features/chimera.html b/help/html/features/chimera.html index 39dff75..e1227de 100644 --- a/help/html/features/chimera.html +++ b/help/html/features/chimera.html @@ -28,43 +28,23 @@

Since Jalview 2.8.2, Chimera - (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/) has been integrated into Jalview - for interactively viewing structures opened by entries in the "Structure" - submenu in the sequence id - pop-up menu (if you can't see this, then you need to associate a PDB structure with the sequence). Chimera is - available from the Jalview desktop, provided Chimera has been - separately installed. + (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/) can be used for viewing + structures opened via the "View + Structure Data.." dialog.

You can set a default choice of Jmol or Chimera structure viewer in Preferences. You can also optionally specify the path to the Chimera program here (if it - differs from the standard paths searched by Jalview). + differs from the standard paths searched by Jalview).
Please + make sure your version of Chimera is up to date. Jalview requires + at least Chimera version 1.11.1 +

If you save your Jalview session as a project file, the state of any open Chimera windows will also be saved, and can be reopened by loading the project file on any machine with Chimera installed. Since Jalview 2.9. -

Superposing structures based on their aligned sequences
If several structures are @@ -85,13 +65,23 @@ number and chain code ([RES]Num:Chain). Moving the mouse over an associated residue in an alignment window highlights the associated atoms in the displayed structures. When residues are selected in the - Chimera window, they are highlighted on the alignment. For - comprehensive details of Chimera's commands, refer to the tool's - Help menu. + Chimera window, they are highlighted on the alignment. +

For comprehensive details of Chimera's commands, refer to the + tool's Help menu.

+

+ Selecting residues in Jalview from Chimera
+ When a selection is highlighted in a Jalview window, use the + Select→Select Highlighted Region or press B + to add the mapped positions to the alignment window's column + selection.
Hint: Use your machine's 'switch + application' key combination (Alt-Tab on Windows and Linux, + Cmd-Tab on OSX) to quickly switch between UCSF Chimera and Jalview + before pressing 'B' to select highlighted regions. +

Basic screen operations (see Chimera help at + href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/mouse.html">Chimera + help at http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/mouse.html for full details). @@ -181,7 +171,7 @@ Colours each residue in the structure with the colour of its corresponding residue in the associated sequence as rendered in the associated alignment views, including any - Uniprot sequence features or region colourings.
Pick + UniProt sequence features or region colourings.
Pick which of the associated alignment views are used to colour the structures using the View→Colour by .. sub menu. @@ -205,8 +195,8 @@ colourschemes.
The remaining entries apply the colourschemes available from the standard and user defined amino acid colours. + href="../colourSchemes/index.html">amino acid + colours.
  • Chimera
    @@ -221,8 +211,30 @@ structure in the alignment. The regions used to calculate the superposition will be highlighted using the 'Cartoon' rendering style, and the remaining data shown as a chain - trace.
    + trace.
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  • +
  • Write Jalview + features
    Selecting this option will create + new residue attributes for any features currently visible in + the associated alignment views, allowing those positions to + be selected and analysed with via Chimera's 'Render by + Attribute' tool (found in the Tools submenu called Structure + Analysis).

    If you use this option, please + remember to select the Refresh Menus option in + Chimera's Render by Attribute dialog box in order to see the + attributes derived from Jalview sequence features.
  • +
  • Fetch Chimera Attributes
    This + submenu lists available Chimera residue attributes that can + be imported as Jalview features on associated sequences.
    This + is particularly useful for transferring quantitative + positional annotation. For example, structure similarity for + an alignment can be visualised by transferring the local + RMSD attributes generated by Chimera's Match->Align tool + onto aligned sequences and displayed with a Graduated feature colour + scheme.
  • Help
    @@ -237,8 +249,8 @@

    Jalview and Chimera communicate using Chimera's REST service + href="http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html">REST + service (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/ContributedSoftware/restserver/restserver.html).
    Technically this requires both Chimera and Jalview to open ports on the local network, and this may be blocked by Windows