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From: Ajasja Ljubetič (ajasja.ljubetic_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 30 2011 - 02:29:35 CDT

Hi,

For positioning a protein I usually use the atom selection's move method.
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.9/ug/node120.html
<http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/vmd-1.9/ug/node120.html>
For example to rotate the protein 5 deg around the x axis one could use
set prot [atomselect top protein]
$prot move [trans x 5]
$prot delete

Regards,
Ajasja
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 08:43, Moutusi Manna <mou2c_21_at_yahoo.co.in> wrote:

>
>
> Dear all,
>
> As we all know, in vmd, we can rotate or translate molecule using VMD
> MAIN Mouse Rotate Mode/ Translate Mode.
>
> But can I measure the extent of rotation (in degree) or translation (in
> )?
>
> After modifying its location, is it possible to save molecule in pdb
> format?
>
> With regards,
>
> Moutusi Manna
>
> Senior Research Fellow
>
> C/o Prof. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay
>
> Department of Chemistry
>
> University of Calcutta
>
> India
>
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