Tips & Tricks
 
 

Pressing F1 hides/displays the side panels.

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If there are certain residues selected, <Center> will
re-center according to those positions.

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Fun:
Press <Trace> while having the
Ramachandran map open.

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Surface calculations for subparts of the molecule
can be accomplished by
selecting those parts with <Select> and
executing the Surface calculations afterwards.

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Axes of secondary structural elements are 'clickable'; i.e.
distances, angles, and dihedral angles can be measured for different locations
along the axes' paths.

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If you are searching for a certain sequence signature in your protein,
e.g. NXS/T for a glycosylation site,
type NXS or NXT into the sequence text window
of the <Select> module.

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Quick WebMol invokation:
type: http://www.cmpharm.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/quickwebmol.pl?pdbid=????
where ???? is a 4-letter pdbID into the Location text field of your browser.
Example: http://www.cmpharm.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/quickwebmol.pl?pdbid=1mbo