From: Chris Harrison (char_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2009 - 21:31:43 CST
Mert,
Your question is really a VMD question and therefore, to yield better and
more responses, it's best to post similar questions to vmd-l.
1. Check out the matrix commands in the vmd manual; ie transvec, vecsub,
etc.
2. Check out the Orient script, written for similar problems, at:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/script_library/scripts/orient/
3. A hastily written example soln to a similar problem:
proc align_p1p2_to_z { p1 p2 } {
# p1 and p2 should represent more than one atom
set p1pos [lindex [$p1 get {x y z}] 0 ]
set p2pos [lindex [$p2 get {x y z}] 0 ]
set vec [vecsub $p1pos $p2pos]
set alat [atomselect top all]
set M [transvec $vec]
$alat move $M
set M2 [transaxis y -90]
$alat move $M2
}
C.
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Mert Gür <gurmert_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have a system composed of two proteins. I defined the first centroid
> (c1) to be the centroid of the Calfa atoms of protein1 . The same way I
> defined the second centroid (c2) to be the centroid of the Calfa atoms of
> protein2 .
> What I would like to do is to align the vector v=c1-c2 with the x axis
> (Could also be y axis or z axis). I think what I need is to rotate my
> protein with respects to this vector. But unfortunately I have no clue how
> to do that. I did some search but I haven't come along any relevant
> information .
> I appreciate any help,hint or source.
> Thanks in advance,
> Mert
>
>
> set allatoms [atomselect top all]
>
> $allatoms set beta 0
>
> set c1atom [atomselect top "chain A and name CA"]
>
> $c1atom set beta 1
>
> $allatoms set occupancy 0
>
> set c2atom [atomselect top "chain B and name CA"]
>
> $c2atom set occupancy 1
>
>
>
> set c1 [lindex [$c1datom get {x y z}] 0]
>
> set c2 [lindex [$c2atom get {x y z}] 0]
>
> vecnorm [vecsub $c1 $c2]
>
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