Inertia tensor

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Type Python Module
Download scripts/inertia_tensor.py
Author(s) Mateusz Maciejewski
License MIT
This code has been put under version control in the project Pymol-script-repo
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This script will draw the eigenvectors of the inertia tensor of the selected part of the molecule.

Usage

tensor selection, name, model

Examples

To draw the inertia tensor of the first model in PDB file 4B2R do:

fetch 4b2r, async=0
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run inertia_tensor.py
tensor 4b2r & n. n+ca+c & i. 569-623, tensor_dom11, 1

Reference

A figure generated using this script can be seen in the following reference:

  • Estimation of interdomain flexibility of N-terminus of factor H using residual dipolar couplings. Maciejewski M, Tjandra N, Barlow PN. Biochemistry. 50(38) 2011, p. 8138-49, fig. 1 doi:10.1021/bi200575b