Re: KINEMAGE TO RASMOL
R. Sid Benavente (msrsb@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu)
Sun, 29 Jan 1995 15:58:06 -0600 (CST)
> Does anyone know how to transfer a Kinemage file to a RasMol file?
> (I am using the RasMac V.2.5 and the Mage 3.2)
>
> I have an idea that MIGHT work for you, depending on what you want (at
least until someone else suggests something more straightforward). But
after comparing the .kin and .pdb file structures, I don't THINK there's
a way of doing what you're asking (since RasMol reads .pdb files--just
in case, I renamed a .kin file with a .pdb extension, then opened it in
RasMol--didn't work). ANYWAY, if you're interested in editing your
protein, you can open up your original .pdb file in a plain text editor
(like vi or dos--just not anything like Wordperfect), and then
cutting out what you don't want (e.g., I'm looking at a 68-amino-acid
residue, and wanted to look more closely at the binding loop -- so I
deleted lines for residues 1-35, and 49-68. I saved the edited version
as filename.pdb, and then opened it in RasMol). Basically, this is the
same as doing a 'select range' in PreKin. Worked fine -- may not be
what you want, but could be something useful in the future.