MOLPACK: molecular graphics for studying the packing of protein molecules in the crystallographic unit cell.
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Abstract
A graphics program, MOLPACK, has been developed on the Silicon Graphics IRIS-4D computer system for displaying the packing of proteins in the crystallographic unit cell. In addition to the normal viewing operations of rotation, translation and scaling, the program has the ability to translate molecules along the cell axes while maintaining their crystallographic equivalent positions within the unit cell. This allows the user to observe the packing of protein molecules generated by molecular replacement, to create a new packing model or to locate an unknown molecule. A special feature of the program is that up to four independent molecules can be manipulated in the asymmetric unit.
Affiliation
Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, UK.
External References
- PubMed ID:
- 2018755
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