Displacementmap

Overview

DisplacementMap is made for easy investigations of suitable positions for site-directed mutagenesis of amino residues into cysteines and FRET/EPR pair labelling. A Open and Closed form of a protein should be loaded. New objects should be created for the selected asymmetric unit. Parts of the protein should be aligned, leaving the flexible part in two different positions. The input is the the objects, Open (Object1) and Closed (Object2). Further is the criteria for selecting which atom the distance should be calculated between. Standard is atom='CA' (atom). Then one selects the Förster distance R0 (MinResResDist). This is the minimum distance between the residues. This depends of the selection of the FRET pair and protein at hand. But usually in the range 40 - 80 Angstrom is suitable. Then one defines the minimum displacement that is accepted. Usually R0/2 (MinDeltaDist). The script will find the 5 best (MinMaxListLength=5) positive and negative distance displacement between the two objects. It parses the results back to Pymol, that is standard set to show it as sticks (showsticks='yes'). If one is looking for a particular residue range for the fret pair, this can be specified in the last two input. Res1=24.45-47.86 Res2=100-105.107 Res1 is "from" and Res2 is "to". Individual residues are split by a ".", and ranges are defined with "-". In the end, it makes a large data-matrix with all the distances. It also produces a gnuplot file, for easy visualisation. Just drag the .plt file for win gnuplot command window and it plots your datamatrix.

Bugs

If the criterion is set to low, the memory gets flooded in the data-matrix file, making the file unreadable. No solutions found yet.

Instructions

1. Make a folder
2. Copy the code to your machine, and name: DisplacementMap.py
3. Download the .pdb files of the Open and Closed form of your protein
4. Make a pymol script file, that makes the alignment and such. See example.
5. Run the script and see the results in command window and suggestions in pymol window
6. Run the gnuplot file to see the data-matrix

Example

DisplacementMap(Object1, Object2, atom='CA', MinResResDist=40.0, MinDeltaDist=15.0, MinMaxListLength=5, showsticks='yes', Res1=str(0), Res2=str(0)):
DisplacementMap O5NT-1HP1-A, C5NT-1HPU-C, CA, 40.0, 15.0, 5, showsticks=yes, 23.50-500, 40-250.270-550

Used for output examples:
DisplacementMap O5NT, C5NT, CA, 40.0, 15.0, 10, Res2=1-512.515-550

Output

Suggestions are created in pymol, and gnuplot file is created for easy visualisation of data-matrix.

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Text output

In the data-matrix.txt file, you find the best suggestions

# Input 1: O5NT  and Input 2: C5NT
# Find for: CA  with min. residue-residue dist: 40.0 Angstrom
# Looking for min. displacement dist: 15.0 Angstrom
# I give nr# suggestions: 10, and do I show sticks in pymol?: yes
# I look for suggestions in the range: ([0]=>means all residues)
# for Input 1: ['0'] and for Input 2: ['1-512', '515-550']  
# Mutation info is BLOSUM62 log-odds likelihood score and PAM250 is probability in % for evolutionary distance
#########################################################################################################
# Max Negative and positive distances                                     #       Mutation info         #
#########################################################################################################
# Obj.1   Obj.2   Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl #  Obj.1   Obj.2  Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl # Res.1  Res.2 # Res.1  Res.2 #
# Res.1   Res.2   -Dist  Dist  Dist  #  Res.1   Res.2  +Dist  Dist  Dist  #  B62/PAM250% #  B62/PAM250% #
#########################################################################################################
# GLN205  ASP456  -25.3  68.1  42.8  #  ARG303  VAL516  21.5  42.8  64.3  # -3/1   -3/1  # -3/1   -1/2  #
# GLN204  ASP456  -25.1  65.6  40.5  #  THR31   VAL516  21.1  44.6  65.7  # -3/1   -3/1  # -1/2   -1/2  #
# THR206  ASP456  -24.6  68.3  43.7  #  ASN304  VAL516  21.0  44.0  65.0  # -1/2   -3/1  # -3/1   -1/2  #
# LYS208  ASP456  -24.3  67.3  43.0  #  GLY305  VAL516  21.0  40.6  61.6  # -1/1   -3/1  # -3/2   -1/2  #
# GLN205  SER457  -24.2  64.9  40.7  #  ASP29   VAL516  21.0  48.7  69.7  # -3/1   -1/3  # -3/1   -1/2  #
# GLU207  ASP456  -24.0  67.1  43.2  #  GLU301  TYR515  20.8  40.4  61.2  # -4/1   -3/1  # -4/1   -2/4  #
# THR206  SER457  -23.7  65.1  41.5  #  GLU306  TYR515  20.8  40.4  61.2  # -1/2   -1/3  # -4/1   -2/4  #
# PRO209  ASP456  -23.6  64.7  41.1  #  GLY243  THR490  20.6  41.2  61.8  # -3/2   -3/1  # -3/2   -1/2  #
# GLU306  ASP376  -23.4  66.1  42.8  #  ALA242  LYS489  20.6  42.4  62.9  # -4/1   -3/1  # 0/2   -1/1  #
# GLY305  ASP456  -23.4  67.1  43.7  #  LYS30   VAL516  20.4  47.4  67.8  # -3/2   -3/1  # -1/1   -1/2  #

The script also automatically make the gnuplot plot file (.plt), with all the defined variables, for easy visualisation of the data-matrix.txt

reset
cd 'C:\Users\tlinnet\Documents\My Dropbox\Speciale\5NT-project\Mutant-construct\Distance-Plot'

#Title hacks \n is newline, and 0,1 is x,y offset adjustment
#set title "Protein CA Displacement matrix map \n ResRes min. 40.0 Ang, Delta min. 15.0 Ang" 0,1
set title "Protein CA Displacement matrix map \n ResRes min. 40.0 Ang, Delta min. 15.0 Ang" 0,1 font "Times-Roman,12"
# x is column
#set xlabel 'Res nr. for C5NT
set xlabel 'Res nr. for C5NT' font 'Times-Roman,10'
# y is row
#set ylabel 'Res nr. for O5NT
set ylabel 'Res nr. for O5NT' font 'Times-Roman,10'

#set xrange [300:550]; set yrange [0:400]
set xtics 50 font 'Times-Roman,6'
set ytics 50 font 'Times-Roman,6'
set mxtics 5
set mytics 5
set size ratio 1
unset key

set cbrange [-30:30]
set palette defined (-30 'blue', 0 'white', 30 'red')
set pm3d map

splot 'O5NT-C5NT-CA-dist.txt' matrix
pause -1

Pymol script file

#cd /homes/linnet/Documents/Speciale/5NT-project/Mutant-construct/Distance-Plot
C:\Users\tlinnet\Documents\My Dropbox\Speciale\5NT-project\Mutant-construct\Distance-Plot
### load pdb files and rename
load 1HP1.pdb, O5NT-1HP1
load 1HPU.pdb, C5NT-1HPU

hide everything
### Select asymmetric units from pdb file
create O5NT, /O5NT-1HP1//A
create C5NT, /C5NT-1HPU//A
delete O5NT-1HP1
delete C5NT-1HPU

cartoon auto
show cartoon, O5NT
show cartoon, C5NT
set cartoon_fancy_helices=1
set bg,[1,1,1]

### align
#align O5NT and resi 26-355, C5NT and resi 26-355
# Super is must faster than align http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Super
super O5NT and resi 26-355, C5NT and resi 26-355

set auto_zoom, off
set_view (\
    -0.374262989,    0.692084968,   -0.617209554,\
    -0.681849480,   -0.656483948,   -0.322660774,\
    -0.628496349,    0.300085038,    0.717594206,\
     0.000000000,    0.000000000, -258.556884766,\
    -0.613845825,    0.472507477,    1.410455704,\
   205.729583740,  311.384277344,    0.000000000 )

### Color
set_color goldenrod1, [1.000, 0.757, 0.145]
color goldenrod1, resi 26-355
set_color darkolivegreen1, [0.792, 1.000, 0.439]
color darkolivegreen1, O5NT and resi 356-362
set_color darkolivegreen4, [0.431, 0.545, 0.239]
color darkolivegreen4, C5NT and resi 356-362
set_color chocolate3, [0.804, 0.400, 0.114]
color chocolate3, O5NT and resi 363-550
set_color purple4, [0.333, 0.102, 0.545]
color purple4, C5NT and resi 363-550

# Select active site
select active_site, resi 117+120+252+116+217+84+41+43+254
show sticks, active_site

# Make Cys-Cys bonds
create SS, (cys/ca+cb+sg) and byres (cys/sg and bound_to cys/sg)
show sticks, SS
color yellow, SS

# Mark water molecules
create waters, resn HOH
show nb_spheres, waters
color blue, waters
disable waters

### Make sharper, and transparent
set fog=0
set cartoon_transparency, 0.7

### Load my function
run DisplacementMap.py
#DisplacementMap O5NT, C5NT, CA, 40.0, 15.0, 20, Res1=206, Res2=1-512.515-550
# Look for serine
#DisplacementMap O5NT, C5NT, CA, 40.0, 15.0, 5, Res1=206, Res2=330.347.350.405.412.419.457.467.533.534.539.548.336.367.383.397.439.448.490.495.501.518
DisplacementMap O5NT, C5NT, CA, 30.0, 15.0, 5, Res1=308, Res2=513

DisplacementMap.py

from pymol import cmd, stored
from math import *
import os
import re

## Thx for inspiration from Andreas Henschel
## http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05595.html (17 dec 2010)
## And from Simple scriptin PymMOl http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Simple_Scripting
### This is a rather slow version, since many matrix modules is not available on our system
### Ma.Sc student. Troels Linnet, 2010-12-18. troels.linnet@bbz.uni-leipzig.de

###Calculates the distance for example between all CA atoms between a closed and open form of a structure.
### Give a data matrix and a gnuplot file, and input to pymol for easy visualisation
### Possible so select interesting residues in ranges. Needs to be separated with a dot '.'
### Example input from pymol. with 2 objects.
### DistMatrix O5NT-1HP1-A, C5NT-1HPU-C, CA, 40.0, 15.0, 5, showsticks=yes, 23-25

def DisplacementMap(Object1, Object2, atom='CA', MinResResDist=40.0, MinDeltaDist=15.0, MinMaxListLength=5, showsticks='yes', Res1=str(0), Res2=str(0)):
	print "\n"
	print "Hello, PyMOLers in Leipzig"
	print "You passed in %s and %s" % (Object1, Object2)

	### Open filenames
	filename = str(Object1) + "-" + str(Object2) + "-" + str(atom) + "-dist"
	backbonefilename = str(Object1) + "-" + str(Object2) + "-" + str(atom) + "backbone-dist.txt"
	outfile = open(filename+".txt", "w")
        backboneoutfile = open(filename+"-backbone.txt", "w")
	gnuoutfile = open(filename+".plt", "w")
	print "I have opened matrix %s for you" % (filename+".txt")
	print "\n"

	### Sorting for interesting residues for Obj1 and Obj2.
	### Input is a string, and need to be sorted.
	Res1 = Res1.split('.')
	Res2 = Res2.split('.')
	Res1List = []
	Res2List = []
	for i in Res1:
		if '-' in i:
			tmp = i.split('-')
			Res1List.extend(range(int(tmp[0]),int(tmp[-1])+1))
		if '-' not in i:
                        Res1List.append(int(i))
	for i in Res2:
		if '-' in i:
			tmp = i.split('-')
			Res2List.extend(range(int(tmp[0]),int(tmp[-1])+1))
		if '-' not in i:
			Res2List.append(int(i))
	Res1List.sort()
	Res2List.sort()

	### Only take the lines where atom is specified in input
	Object3 = Object1 + " and name " + str(atom)
	Object4 = Object2 + " and name " + str(atom)

	### Open 2 name lists
	### Append residue and atom name to the lists
	stored.OpenPDB = []
	stored.ClosedPDB = []
	cmd.iterate(Object3, "stored.OpenPDB.append((resi, name, resn))")
	cmd.iterate(Object4, "stored.ClosedPDB.append((resi, name, resn))")

	### Open 2 x,y,z position lists
	### Append atom position
	stored.OpenPos = []
	stored.ClosedPos = []
	cmd.iterate_state(1, selector.process(Object3), "stored.OpenPos.append((x,y,z))")
	cmd.iterate_state(1, selector.process(Object4), "stored.ClosedPos.append((x,y,z))")

	### Sometimes residues gets skipped in X-ray crys, because of low signal or sim. This leads to number conflict.
	### Make ordered lists according to residue number. Find largest residue number via -1
	OpenOrderedPDB = []
	ClosedOrderedPDB = []
	OpenOrderedPos = []
	ClosedOrderedPos = []
	BackboneDisp = []

	### First fill lists with zeros
	for i in range(int(stored.OpenPDB[-1][0])+1):
		OpenOrderedPDB.append([0,0,0])
	for i in range(int(stored.ClosedPDB[-1][0])+1):
		ClosedOrderedPDB.append([0,0,0])
	for i in range(int(stored.OpenPDB[-1][0])+1):
		OpenOrderedPos.append((0,0,0))
	for i in range(int(stored.ClosedPDB[-1][0])+1):
		ClosedOrderedPos.append((0,0,0))
	for i in range(int(stored.OpenPDB[-1][0])+1):
		BackboneDisp.append([i,0,"NIL",atom])


	### Fill in data the right places
	j=0
	for i in stored.OpenPDB:
		OpenOrderedPDB[int(i[0])]=[int(i[0]),i[1],i[2]]
		OpenOrderedPos[int(i[0])]=stored.OpenPos[j]
		j = j + 1
	j=0
	for i in stored.ClosedPDB:
		ClosedOrderedPDB[int(i[0])]=[int(i[0]),i[1],i[2]]
		ClosedOrderedPos[int(i[0])]=stored.ClosedPos[j]
		j = j + 1

	### Make a list with the missing residues
	MissingRes = []
	for index, resi in enumerate(OpenOrderedPDB):
		if abs(OpenOrderedPDB[index][0]-ClosedOrderedPDB[index][0]) != 0:
			MissingRes.append(abs(OpenOrderedPDB[index][0]-ClosedOrderedPDB[index][0]))
	print "Following residues miss in one of the files, and are discarded for"
	print "further calculations"
	print MissingRes
        print "\n"

	### Make the data matrix
	CalcMatrix = create_nXn_matrix(len(OpenOrderedPos))
	print "Calculate a %s X %s distance Matrix" % (len(OpenOrderedPos), len(ClosedOrderedPos))

	### Make a list with 10 most negative/positive distances
	MaxNegDist = []
       	MaxPosDist = []
	for i in range(int(MinMaxListLength)):
		MaxNegDist.append([0,0,0,0,0,0,0])
                MaxPosDist.append([0,0,0,0,0,0,0])

	### Calculate distances
	for i in range(len(OpenOrderedPos)):
		for j in range(len(ClosedOrderedPos)):
			if OpenOrderedPos[i][0] != 0 and ClosedOrderedPos[j][0] != 0 and OpenOrderedPDB[i][0] not in MissingRes and ClosedOrderedPDB[j][0] not in MissingRes:
				distOpenOpen = distance(OpenOrderedPos, OpenOrderedPos, i, j)
				distClosedClosed = distance(ClosedOrderedPos, ClosedOrderedPos, i, j)
				distOpenClosed = distance(OpenOrderedPos, ClosedOrderedPos, i, j)
				DeltaDist =  distOpenClosed - distOpenOpen
                                if i == j: BackboneDisp[i] = [i, DeltaDist, OpenOrderedPDB[i][2], atom]
				###Test if distance is larger than threshold
				if distOpenOpen >= float(MinResResDist) and distClosedClosed >= float(MinResResDist) and abs(DeltaDist) >= float(MinDeltaDist):
					CalcMatrix[i][j] = str(round(DeltaDist, 0))
					if DeltaDist < 0 and DeltaDist < MaxNegDist[-1][0] and (i in Res1List or Res1List[-1]==0) and (j in Res2List or Res2List[-1]==0):
						MaxNegDist[-1][0] = DeltaDist
                                                MaxNegDist[-1][1] = i
                                                MaxNegDist[-1][2] = j
						MaxNegDist[-1][3] = distOpenOpen
                                                MaxNegDist[-1][4] = distOpenClosed
                                                MaxNegDist[-1][5] = str(OpenOrderedPDB[i][2])
                                                MaxNegDist[-1][6] = str(ClosedOrderedPDB[j][2])
						MaxNegDist = sorted(MaxNegDist)
					if DeltaDist > 0 and DeltaDist > MaxPosDist[-1][0] and (i in Res1List or Res1List[-1]==0) and (j in Res2List or Res2List[-1]==0):
						MaxPosDist[-1][0] = DeltaDist
                                                MaxPosDist[-1][1] = i
                                                MaxPosDist[-1][2] = j
						MaxPosDist[-1][3] = distOpenOpen
                                                MaxPosDist[-1][4] = distOpenClosed
                                                MaxPosDist[-1][5] = str(OpenOrderedPDB[i][2])
                                                MaxPosDist[-1][6] = str(ClosedOrderedPDB[j][2])
						MaxPosDist = sorted(MaxPosDist, reverse=True)

	print "I made a datamatrix and backbonetxt file for you"
	print "matrix: %s backbone: %s " % (filename+".txt",filename+"-backbone.txt")
	print "I made a gnuplot file for you, to view the datamatrix and the backbone displacement"
	print "filename: %s" % (filename+".plt")
	print "\n"

	###Print distance matrix
	outfile.write(("# Input 1: %s  and Input 2: %s" + '\n') % (Object1, Object2))
	outfile.write(("# Find for: %s  with min. residue-residue dist: %s Angstrom" + '\n') % (atom, MinResResDist))
       	outfile.write(("# Looking for min. displacement dist: %s Angstrom" + '\n') % (MinDeltaDist))
       	outfile.write(("# I give nr# suggestions: %s, and do I show sticks in pymol?: %s" + '\n') % (MinMaxListLength, showsticks))
	outfile.write("# I look for suggestions in the range: ([0]=>means all residues)" + '\n')
	outfile.write(("# for Input 1: %s and for Input 2: %s  " + '\n') % (Res1, Res2))
       	outfile.write("# Mutation info is BLOSUM62 log-odds likelihood score and PAM250 is probability in % for evolutionary distance" + '\n')
        outfile.write("#########################################################################################################" + "\n")
	outfile.write("# Max Negative and positive distances                                     #       Mutation info         #" + "\n")
 	outfile.write("#########################################################################################################" + "\n")
	outfile.write("# Obj.1   Obj.2   Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl #  Obj.1   Obj.2  Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl # Res.1  Res.2 # Res.1  Res.2 #" + "\n")
        outfile.write("# Res.1   Res.2   -Dist  Dist  Dist  #  Res.1   Res.2  +Dist  Dist  Dist  #  B62/PAM250% #  B62/PAM250% #" + "\n")
 	outfile.write("#########################################################################################################" + "\n")
	print("# Input 1: %s  and Input 2: %s") % (Object1, Object2)
	print("# Find for: %s  with min. residue-residue dist: %s Angstrom") % (atom, MinResResDist)
       	print("# Looking for min. displacement dist: %s Angstrom") % (MinDeltaDist)
       	print("# I give nr# suggestions: %s, and do I show sticks in pymol?: %s") % (MinMaxListLength, showsticks)
	print("# I look for suggestions in the range: ([0]=>means all residues)")
	print("# for Input 1: %s and for Input 2: %s  ") % (Res1, Res2)
      	print("# Mutation info is BLOSUM62 log-odds likelihood score and PAM250 is probability in % for evolutionary distance")
	print("#########################################################################################################")
	print("# Max Negative and positive distances                                     #       Mutation info         #")
       	print("#########################################################################################################")
        print("# Obj.1   Obj.2   Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl #  Obj.1   Obj.2  Delta  Op-Op Cl-Cl # Res.1  Res.2 # Res.1  Res.2 #")
        print("# Res.1   Res.2   -Dist  Dist  Dist  #  Res.1   Res.2  +Dist  Dist  Dist  #  B62/PAM250% #  B62/PAM250% #")
       	print("#########################################################################################################")
	for i in range(len(MaxNegDist)):
                 outfile.write("# " + str(MaxNegDist[i][5]) + str(MaxNegDist[i][1]) + (5-len(str(MaxNegDist[i][1])))*" " + str(MaxNegDist[i][6]) + str(MaxNegDist[i][2]) + (5-len(str(MaxNegDist[i][2])))*" " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][0], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][3], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][4], 1)) + "  #  " + str(MaxPosDist[i][5]) + str(MaxPosDist[i][1]) + (5-len(str(MaxPosDist[i][1])))*" " + str(MaxPosDist[i][6]) + str(MaxPosDist[i][2]) + (5-len(str(MaxPosDist[i][2])))*" " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][0], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][3], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][4], 1)) + "  # " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][5]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][5]))) + "   " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][6]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][6]))) + "  # "+ cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][5]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][5]))) + "   " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][6]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][6]))) + "  #" + "\n")
		 print("# " + str(MaxNegDist[i][5]) + str(MaxNegDist[i][1]) + (5-len(str(MaxNegDist[i][1])))*" " + str(MaxNegDist[i][6]) + str(MaxNegDist[i][2]) + (5-len(str(MaxNegDist[i][2])))*" " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][0], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][3], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][4], 1)) + "  #  " + str(MaxPosDist[i][5]) + str(MaxPosDist[i][1]) + (5-len(str(MaxPosDist[i][1])))*" " + str(MaxPosDist[i][6]) + str(MaxPosDist[i][2]) + (5-len(str(MaxPosDist[i][2])))*" " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][0], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][3], 1)) + "  " + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][4], 1)) + "  # " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][5]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][5]))) + "   " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][6]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][6]))) + "  # "+ cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][5]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][5]))) + "   " + cysb62(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][6]))) + "/" + pam250(shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][6]))) + "  #")
	for i in range(len(CalcMatrix)):
		writing = ""
		for j in range(len(CalcMatrix)):
			if str(CalcMatrix[i][j]) == "0.0":
				writing = writing + " " + "?"
			else:
				writing = writing + " " + str(CalcMatrix[i][j])
		### Add break line
		writing = writing + " " + "\n"
		outfile.write(writing)
	outfile.close()
        print "\n"

	for i in range(len(BackboneDisp)):
		backboneoutfile.write(str(BackboneDisp[i][0])+(5-len(str(BackboneDisp[i][0])))*" "+str(round(BackboneDisp[i][1],1))+(5-len(str(round(BackboneDisp[i][1],1))))*" "+str(BackboneDisp[i][2])+(5-len(str(BackboneDisp[i][2])))*" "+str(BackboneDisp[i][3]) + "\n")
	backboneoutfile.close()

	###Make gnuplot plot file
        gnuoutfile.write("reset" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("cd " + "'" + os.getcwd() + "'" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("#Title hacks \\n is newline, and 0,1 is x,y offset adjustment" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('set title "Protein ' + str(atom) + ' Displacement matrix map \\n ResRes min. ' + str(MinResResDist) + ' Ang, ' + 'Delta min. ' + str(MinDeltaDist) + ' Ang" 0,1' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("# x is column" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set xlabel 'Res nr. for " + str(Object2) +"'"+ "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("# y is row" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set ylabel 'Res nr. for " + str(Object1) +"'"+ "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("#set xrange [300:550]; set yrange [0:400]" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set xtics 50" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set ytics 50" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set mxtics 5" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set mytics 5" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set size ratio 1" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("unset key" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set cbrange [-30:30]" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set palette defined (-30 'blue', 0 'white', 30 'red')" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set pm3d map" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("#set term postscript eps enhanced color" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('#set output "'+ filename + '.eps"' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set term png" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('set output "'+ filename + '.png"' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("splot '" + str(filename+".txt") + "' matrix" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#For the backbone displacement"+"\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('set title "Protein ' + str(atom) + ' Backbone displacement" 0,1' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set xlabel 'Residue number'" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set ylabel '" +str(atom) + " displacement (Ang)'" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("#set xrange [0:550]; set yrange [0:40]" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set xtics 50" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set ytics 10" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set mxtics 5" + "\n")
	gnuoutfile.write("#set mytics 5" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set size ratio 0.75" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("unset key" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("#set term postscript eps enhanced color" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('#set output "'+ filename + '-backbone.eps"' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("set term png" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write('set output "'+ filename + '-backbone.png"' + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.write("plot '" + str(filename+"-backbone.txt") + "' using 1:2 title 'Backbone displacement' with lines" + "\n")
        gnuoutfile.close()

	###Create stick residue objects
        for i in range(len(MaxNegDist)):
		name = str(i) + "_" + str(round(MaxNegDist[i][0],1))+"_"+shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][5]))+str(MaxNegDist[i][1])+shortaa(str(MaxNegDist[i][6]))+str(MaxNegDist[i][2])
		selection = str(Object1)+" and resi "+str(MaxNegDist[i][1]) + "+"+str(MaxNegDist[i][2])+" + "+str(Object2)+" and resi "+str(MaxNegDist[i][2])
		cmd.create(name, selection)
		if showsticks=='yes' or showsticks=='y':
			cmd.show("sticks", name)
        for i in range(len(MaxPosDist)):
		name =  str(i) + "_" + str(round(MaxPosDist[i][0],1))+"_"+shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][5]))+str(MaxPosDist[i][1])+shortaa(str(MaxPosDist[i][6]))+str(MaxPosDist[i][2])
		selection = str(Object1)+" and resi " + str(MaxPosDist[i][1])+"+" + str(MaxPosDist[i][2])+" + " + str(Object2)+" and resi "+str(MaxPosDist[i][2])
		cmd.create(name, selection)
		if showsticks=='yes' or showsticks=='y':
			cmd.show("sticks", name)
	print "Done"
        print "\n"
cmd.extend("DisplacementMap",DisplacementMap)

def create_nXn_matrix(n):
	return [[0.0 for x in range(n)] for x in range(n)]

def distance(array1, array2, i, j):
	i = int(i); j = int(j)
	dist = sqrt((array1[i][0] - array2[j][0])**2 + (array1[i][1] - array2[j][1])**2 + (array1[i][2] - array2[j][2])**2)
	return dist

def Coord(Input):
	print cmd.get_atom_coords(Input)
cmd.extend("Coord",Coord)

def replace_words(text, word_dic):
	rc = re.compile('|'.join(map(re.escape, word_dic)))
	def translate(match):
		return word_dic[match.group(0)]
	return rc.sub(translate, text)

def shortaa(longaa):
        aa_dic = {'ARG':'R','HIS':'H','LYS':'K',
        'ASP':'D','GLU':'E',
	'SER':'S','THR':'T','ASN':'N','GLN':'Q',
	'CYS':'C','SEC':'U','GLY':'G','PRO':'P',
	'ALA':'A','ILE':'I','LEU':'L','MET':'M','PHE':'F','TRP':'W','TYR':'Y','VAL':'V'}
	return(replace_words(longaa, aa_dic))
cmd.extend("shortaa", shortaa)

def cysb62(aa):
	#BLOSUM62 cys mutation
        # C  S  T  P A  G  N  D  E  Q  H  R  K  M  I  L  V  F  Y  W
	#C9 -1 -1 -3 0 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2
        b62_dic = {'R':'-3','H':'-3','K':'-1',
        'D':'-3','E':'-4',
	'S':'-1','T':'-1','N':'-3','Q':'-3',
	'C':'9','U':'9','G':'-3','P':'-3',
	'A':'0','I':'-1','L':'-1','M':'-1','F':'-2','W':'-2','Y':'-2','V':'-1'}
	return(replace_words(aa, b62_dic))
cmd.extend("cysb62", cysb62)

def pam250(aa):
        #   A  R  N  D  C  Q  E  G  H  I  L  K  M  F  P  S  T  W  Y  V
	#C  2  1  1  1  52 1  1  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  3  2  1  4  2
	# Mutation probability matrix for the evolutionary distance of 250 PAMs.
	# To simplify the appearance, the elements are shown multiplied by 100.
	# In comparing two sequences of average amino acid frequency at this evolutionary distance,
	# there is a 13% probability that a position containing Ala in the first sequence will contain Ala in the second.
	# There is a 3% chance that it will contain Arg, and so forth.
	# (Adapted from Figure 83. Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, Suppl 3, 1978, M.O. Dayhoff, ed. National Biomedical Research Foundation, 1979.)
        pam250_dic = {'R':'1','H':'2','K':'1',
        'D':'1','E':'1',
	'S':'3','T':'2','N':'1','Q':'1',
	'C':'52','U':'52','G':'2','P':'2',
	'A':'2','I':'2','L':'1','M':'1','F':'1','W':'1','Y':'4','V':'2'}
	return(replace_words(aa, pam250_dic))
cmd.extend("pam250", pam250)

Author

Troels Emtekær Linnet, tlinnet (at) gmail. co m Master Thesis student

References

For EPR considerations
Conformation of T4 Lysozyme in Solution. Hinge-Bending Motion and the Substrate-Induced Conformational Transition Studied by Site-Directed Spin Labeling
Hassane S. Mchaourab, Kyoung Joon Oh, Celia J. Fang, and Wayne L. Hubbell
Biochemistry 1997, 36, 307-316

Probing Single-Molecule T4 Lysozyme Conformational Dynamics by Intramolecular Fluorescence Energy Transfer
Yu Chen, Dehong Hu, Erich R. Vorpagel, and H. Peter Lu
J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 7947-7956

For FRET pair selection and considerations
Fluorescent probes and bioconjugation chemistries for single-molecule fluorescence analysis of biomolecules
Achillefs N. Kapanidisa and Shimon Weiss
Journal of chemical physics VOLUME 117, Number 24 22 December 2002

For inspiration to DisplacementMap. Fig: 6, Difference-distance matrix for the difference in CA-CA distances.
Structure of a Hinge-bending Bacteriophage T4 Lysozyme Mutant, Ile3 -> Pro
M. M. Dixon, H. Nicholsont, L. Shewchuk W. A. Baase and B. W. Matthews1
J. Mol. Biol. (1992) 227. 917-933