University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: biochemistry

ChatMOL: PyMOL ChatGPT Plugin with Free chatlite version

Summary ChatMol is a ChatGPT plugin that offers a Free chatlite version that does not require an API key. ChatMol ChatMol is a PyMOL plugin based on  large language models, that provide a conversational interface (CUI) for molecular operation and computation. Current supported models include models from OpenAI (ChatGPT versions), Anthropic (Claude versions), DeepSeek, and …

Nobel-Winning AlphaFold2 and RosettaFold: Cracking the Protein Folding Mystery

Summary “Explore how David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their advances in computer-assisted protein design.” Video: How AI Cracked the Protein Folding Code and Won a Nobel Prize This 22min19 video provides a very good explanation of the origins of the research in protein structure, from …

AlphaFold2 with ColabFold in Container

Summary Run the ColabFold version of AlphaFold2 on your laptop (slow without GPU) or on a large Linux cluster. The full tutorial with scripts is located at ColabFold with HTCondor What is AlphaFold2 Excerpt from a previous post (Five ways to run AlphaFold) AlphaFold can accurately predict 3D models of protein structures by providing an …

No GUI PyMOL – computing distances for thousands of PDB files from Rosetta

Summary We run a script to compute the distance between 2 atoms in a series of PDB files with identical molecules in different conformations and save the distance results into a plain text file. No GUI PyMOL In previous posts I explained how we can use PyMOL as a command-line tool from a Terminal when …

PyMOL and Biological Units from REMARK 350

Summary Compute biological assembly from coordinates with a python script. Symmetry X-ray crystallography solved the mathematical problem to provide 3D (cartesian) coordinates but the resulting “asymmetric unit cell” does not necessarily represent the biological structure. The Protein Data Bank (PDB) now provides options to download the biological entity, which can contain a lesser number than …

New Tutorial Section: Computational Modeling

Computational Modeling This is the general title of a new Tutorials pull-down menu that will be populated with new or updated tutorials. It can be found within the Tutorials menu list as Computational Modeling The very first tutorial is the result of an update to a Rosetta tutorial for “ligand docking” and adapt the Linux-based …

Rosetta Ligand Docking – Help with Docker

Summary Combine software and scripts on Docker and local macOS computer (Intel amd64 or arm64 Silicon Chip M series) to follow successfully the Rosetta tutorial Ligand Docking with a G-Protein Coupled Receptor. This method will allow to access the native OS speed while fulfilling all preparatory and exploratory steps that fail or are too complex …

POSE: build, manipulate, mutate, L, D, protein molecular structures

Summary Pose is a Python library for building and manipulating protein molecular structures. Builds with L- and D- amino acids or a mixture; can open existing PDB structures. Computes many molecular properties. Pose Library Pose is a Python library for building and manipulating protein molecular structures. From an amino acid sequence the user can create …

AlphaFold A practical guide Online Tutorial – EBI-EMBL

Summary This Free EBI/EMBL on-line course “AlphaFold, A practical guide” provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind AlphaFold2, how users can run protein predictions and integrate these predictions into their projects, and how AlphaFold2 has been used to enhance research. Course info Cost: Free Time to complete: 3 hours Resources required: Google Account (computation …

3D Protein Imager a PyMOL/Qutemol web alternative

Summary Molecule of the Month In the year 2000 David Goodsell started to provide stories on the The Protein Data Bank web site as the “molecule of the month” with his unique style that was later made available by the Qutemol software, unfortunately not updated since 2007 and therefore no longer working on many systems, …