Hi, I'm trying to use the script salign_multiple_struc.py to obtain the structural alignment of two homopentamers. I want to use them as templates for a multi-template modelling. The problem is that the fitted pdb files that I obtain include only one of the subunits of each of the homopentamers, while I need the whole protein to be aligned. I copy here the script:

log.verbose()
env = environ()
env.io.atom_files_directory = ['.', '../atom_files']

aln = alignment(env)
for (code, chain) in (('4cof_extracelular', 'A'), ('4cof_extracelular', 'B'), ('4cof_extracelular', 'C'),
                      ('4cof_extracelular', 'D'), ('4cof_extracelular', 'E'), ('glucl', 'A'), ('glucl', 'B'),
                      ('glucl', 'C'), ('glucl', 'D'), ('glucl', 'E')):
    mdl = model(env, file=code, model_segment=('FIRST:'+chain, 'LAST:'+chain))
    aln.append_model(mdl, atom_files=code, align_codes=code+chain)

for (weights, write_fit, whole) in (((1., 0., 0., 0., 1., 0.), False, True),
                                    ((1., 0.5, 1., 1., 1., 0.), False, True),
                                    ((1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0.), True, False)):
    aln.salign(rms_cutoff=3.5, normalize_pp_scores=False,
               rr_file='$(LIB)/as1.sim.mat', overhang=30,
               gap_penalties_1d=(-450, -50),
               gap_penalties_3d=(0, 3), gap_gap_score=0, gap_residue_score=0,
               dendrogram_file='1is3A.tree',
               alignment_type='tree', # If 'progresive', the tree is not
                                      # computed and all structues will be
                                      # aligned sequentially to the first
               #ext_tree_file='1is3A_exmat.mtx', # Tree building can be avoided
                                                 # if the tree is input
               feature_weights=weights, # For a multiple sequence alignment only
                                        # the first feature needs to be non-zero
               improve_alignment=True, fit=True, write_fit=write_fit,
               write_whole_pdb=whole, output='ALIGNMENT QUALITY')

aln.write(file='1is3A.pap', alignment_format='PAP')
aln.write(file='1is3A.ali', alignment_format='PIR')

# The number of equivalent positions at different RMS_CUTOFF values can be
# computed by changing the RMS value and keeping all feature weights = 0
aln.salign(rms_cutoff=1.0,
           normalize_pp_scores=False, rr_file='$(LIB)/as1.sim.mat', overhang=30,
           gap_penalties_1d=(-450, -50), gap_penalties_3d=(0, 3),
           gap_gap_score=0, gap_residue_score=0, dendrogram_file='1is3A.tree',
           alignment_type='progressive', feature_weights=[0]*6,
           improve_alignment=False, fit=False, write_fit=True,
           write_whole_pdb=False, output='QUALITY').

Thank you in advance for your help,

Ivan Felsztyna