[Biopython] help for Byopython

Peter Cock p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Mon Sep 5 09:38:26 UTC 2011


On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Nana Trapnest <nanatrapnest at hotmail.it> wrote:
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>
> Hello,
> I am a new user and I'd like to set up a programm that allow to
> rotate protein in the 3D space. I think that PDB parser could be
> useful and I could use quaternion geometry as well... could you
> give me some advice? Thank you very much

Do you just want to draw pictures of a rotating protein? If so
check our VMD, OpenRasMol or the many other PDB file
viewers.

You can use Biopython to rotate 3D structures (e.g. PDB files).
See for example:

http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/peter_cock/python/protein_superposition/

Peter



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