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News & Updates New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons New Plugin LiSiCA is a new plugin for 2D and 3D ligand based virtual screening using a fast maximum clique algorithm. Official Release PyMOL v1.8.0 has been released on Nov 18, 2015. PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship Schrödinger is now accepting applications for the PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program! Details on http://pymol.org/fellowship Official Release PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMOL v1.7.6 have all been released on May 4, 2015. New Plugin PyANM is a new plugin for easier Anisotropic Network Model (ANM) building and visualising in PyMOL. New Plugin Bondpack is a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds. New Plugin MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL. 3D using Geforce PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... InterfaceResidues The red residues were detected as being in the interface of the two proteins. This is PDB 1H4G from the Example below. Overview This script finds interface residues between two proteins or chains, using the following concept. First, we take the area of the complex. Then, we split the complex into two pieces, one for each chain. Next, we calculate the chain-only surface area. Lastly, we take the difference between the comeplex-based areas and the chain-only-based areas. If that value is greater than your supplied cutoff, then we call it an interface residue. Usage interfaceResidue complexName[, cA=firstChainName[, cB=secondChainName[, cutoff=dAsaCutoff[, selName=selectionNameToReturn ]]]] where, complexName The name of the complex. cA and cB must be within in this complex cA The name of the first chain to investigate cB The name of the 2nd chain to investigate cutoff The dASA cutoff, in sqaure Angstroms ..→

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