Related Databases and Software

See also: Web services used by UCSF Chimera and Chimera Plug-ins on the Web

Databases

ASTRAL
Experimentally determined protein structures, divided into domains as defined by SCOP (Structural Classification of Proteins).

LS-SNP/PDB
A database of human nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) mapped onto protein structures. Chimera-generated images show SNP locations in the structures and molecular surfaces colored by superfamily sequence conservation and DelPhi-computed electrostatic potential.

Macromolecular Structure Database

This site contains 3D density maps obtained by electron microscopy, and other data. All entries. Search. Details. Display CCP4 format density maps with Chimera Volume Viewer.

ModBase
A database of three-dimensional protein models calculated by comparative modeling.

MutDB
A database that associates human SNP and mutation data with protein structures. The authors provide a Chimera extension to access the data via web services.

Protein Data Bank
Experimentally determined protein and nucleic acid structures. Display PDB format files.

Structure Function Linkage Database
Connecting enzyme structure and function at the level of conserved partial chemical reactions.

Structure Superposition Database
For accessing, viewing, and understanding large sets of structure superposition data. The SSD user interface is a Chimera extension.

Uppsala Electron Density Server

Crystallographic electron density maps for protein data bank x-ray structures. Display O, CCP4, or CNS format density maps with Chimera Volume Viewer.

Virus Particle Explorer

Atomic resolution virus capsid structures. Some of the capsid images on this site are made with the Chimera Multiscale Models tool.

Software

Amber
Molecular force field and dynamics simulations. Display trajectories with the Chimera MD Movie extension.

ConSurf Server
Given a query structure, the server finds related sequences, aligns them, and displays conservation on the structure. Clicking the link to view results in Chimera uses the Chimera web data mechanism to display the structure and sequence alignment colored by conservation, as well as the ConSurf-calculated phylogenetic tree and custom alignment headers (example).

DOCK
DOCK addresses the problem of "docking" molecules to each other. It explores ways in which two molecules, such as a drug and an enzyme or protein receptor, might fit together. Screen DOCK results with the Chimera ViewDock extension. View scoring grids with Volume Viewer.

EMAN - Electron Micrograph Analysis

For reconstructing 3d models from a set of randomly oriented particle images. EMAN includes the EMANimator extension for making animations in Chimera, focused on volume data. It also includes the Isosurface Colorizer extension (undocumented) to radially color density maps, or color one map using a second map.

LabelHash Server
The server searches the PDB for matches to a user-specified 3D motif (pattern of residues). The authors provide the Chimera extension ViewMatch for looking through the hits superimposed on the query. LabelHash can also be downloaded for local command-line use.

Sparky
Assignment of NMR spectra for determining protein and nucleic acid structures. Uses Chimera to display NMR peak assignments on a molecular model.

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