From: Shashidhar Rao (shashidharr_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 01 2016 - 10:57:37 CST

Hello Ashar,

Many thanks for sending the script. However, I am not entirely clear on
how I will use this script (which I assume will be executed from the VMD
command line). Will I replace the $id by the atom number or is there a way
of denoting it as for example the C-alpha atom of residue 74 (resid 74 and
atom ca)?

Thank you again for your efforts in putting together the script.

Shashi Rao

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Ashar Malik <asharjm_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I am not sure if there exists a direct selection command to go across
> molecules. It may exist so it maybe helpful to wait, however I have put
> together a small script which should pretty much do what you asked.
>
> Assuming you have two molecules loaded into VMD with ID 0 and 1.
> Use the following code.
>
> set id_ 0 ;#select reference molecules ID
> set s0 [atomselect $id_ "index 1" ] ;#select 1 atom from this molecule
> which is your reference
> set ref_ [lindex [$s0 get {x y z}] 0] ;#grab the x,y and z coordinates
>
> #the additional lindex command in the last line is a sanity check to
> ensure 1 atom is selected.
>
> set id_ 1 ;#select next molecules ID
> set s1 [atomselect $id_ all] ;#select everything in this new molecule
> set tar_ [$s1 get {x y z}] ;#get atom coordinates of everything in as list
>
> set n_o_A [llength $tar_] ;#get number of atoms for the for loop
>
> for {set i 0} {$i < $n_o_A} {incr i} { ;# loop over all atoms in
> selection to compare with reference
> set temp [lindex $tar_ $i] ;# store current atom in a temp variable
> set dist_ [vecdist $ref_ $temp] ;# get distance between current atom
> and reference
> if {$dist_ < 5} {
> lappend tar_atoms [expr $i+1] ;# if distance below cut off save index of
> atom from current molecule.
> # note that in the previous line $i is the index of the atom in the list
> which is probably off by 1 -- i just added 1 to it to fix this
> # and haven't tested it. Be careful when using it.
> }
> }
>
> When you run this code -- a list of index of atoms in molecule id 1 will
> be generated which are within a cutoff (5A) of the reference atom in
> molecule id 0. This is basically a template. You could have the lower part
> of this in a for loop and run the same changing the "id_" variable in each
> iteration for the total number of molecules you have. For that you may also
> have to log the molecule id along with target atoms or you might loose the
> distinction in the target atoms identified as to which molecule do they
> originate from.
>
> If you are unable to log the molID along with the target atoms identified,
> post again and you will get a reply.
>
> This code is not optimized - meaning thre might (probably does) exist a
> better way of accomplishing this.
>
> Good luck and hope this helps.
>
> Best,
> /A
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 5:45 AM, Shashidhar Rao <shashidharr_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello VMD Gurus,
>>
>> I am trying to find a way by which I can select residues/atoms within
>> molecule ID 1 which are within 5 angstroms of a given residue in molecule
>> ID 2. Thus, my selection is across multiple molecules. as an extension, I
>> may have 10 molecule IDs and I would like to select all the residues within
>> 5 angstroms of a given residue in molecule ID 2 in all the remaining
>> molecule IDs.
>>
>> I need this recipe to identify a set of water molecules simulated
>> separately in a PDB file using the PDB structure of a solute molecule which
>> is placed in the context of the water molecules.
>>
>> thanks for your help
>>
>> --
>> Shashidhar N. Rao
>> 3 SERINA DRIVE
>> PLAINSBORO
>> NEW JERSEY 08536 USA
>>
>> shashidharr_at_gmail.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Best,
> /A
>

-- 
Shashidhar N. Rao
3 SERINA DRIVE
PLAINSBORO
NEW JERSEY 08536 USA
shashidharr_at_gmail.com