Re: [IMP-users] ideal_helix density

On 10/20/16 7:01 PM, Julian wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how one would use the IDEAL_HELIX > representation for purposes of EMRestraint. ... > When I was modeling Rpb4 and Rpb7 as BEADS, everything seemed to be > working. I then tried modeling a stretch of Rpb4 as IDEAL_HELIX, but > I'm not sure the density of that helix is recognized and the > representation/density doesn't look they way I would expect in Chimera.

Can you be a bit more specific about the problem? An ideal helix is basically the same as a set of beads, only that the initial positions of the 1-residue beads are set along a spiral. (The helix will fall apart during modeling though unless you also make it a rigid body.)

Ben