# This Rasmol script is for display of Zif268, a eukaryotic transcription # factor containing 3 Zinc-finger DNA-binding motifs. Structure by # Pavletich and Pabo, since refined further by Pabo's group. # (M. Elrod-Erickson, M.A. Rould, L. Nekludova, C.O. Pabo, in # Structure, 1996, vol. 4, p. 1171 # Rasmol command file by Hannah Chen and Jason Kahn # If you haven't loaded the molecule... #zap #load 1aay.pdb #Script starts here: # # Overall view of the complex, showing the three zinc fingers wrapping # around in the DNA major groove # define g_major (G and (*.N7 or *.O6 or *.C5 or *.C6 or *.C8 or *.H8)) define a_major (A and (*.N6 or *.N7 or *.C5 or *.C6 or *.2H6 or *.C8 or *.H8)) define t_major (T and (*.C5 or *.O4 or *.C4 or *.C5M or *.1H5M or *.2H5M or *.3H5M)) define c_major (C and (*.C5 or *.N4 or *.C4 or *.1H4 or *.2H4 or *.H5)) define g_minor (G and (*.N3 or *.C4 or *.C2 or *.N2 or *.1H2 or *.2H2)) define a_minor (A and (*.N3 or *.C4 or *.C2 or *.H2)) define c_minor (C and (*.C2 or *.O2)) define t_minor (T and (*.C2 or *.O2)) define major_groove (g_major or a_major or c_major or t_major) define minor_groove (g_minor or a_minor or c_minor or t_minor) reset rotate z 46 rotate x 176 translate x -3 translate y -9 zoom 131 select dna wireframe 150 select major_groove color red select minor_groove color violet select DNA and (not major_groove) and (not minor_groove) and (not *.P) color white select protein wireframe off structure cartoons select protein color [0,255,0] select protein and resno>133 color [0,255,255] select protein and resno>160 color [0,0,255] select Zn color yellow spacefill 300 set fontsize 14 select arg103 and *.CA label N-term select arg187 and *.CA label C-term set specular on set shadow on # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Now highlight the Arg's (and one His) which make specific major groove # contacts to G's. Note that all of the recognized G's are on one strand. # set specular off set shadow off reset rotate z 163 rotate y -69 rotate x -102 zoom 131 select zn color [100,100,100] select dna and not *.P color white wireframe 120 backbone 200 select protein color [143,255,143] select g2,g4,g6,g7,g8,g10 color cyan select (g.o6 or g.n7) and (g2,g4,g6,g7,g8,g10) color red spacefill 300 select arg180,arg174,arg146,arg124,arg118 color yellow wireframe 150 select (arg.NH1 or arg.NH2) and (arg180,arg174,arg146,arg124,arg118) color blue spacefill 300 select his149 color violet wireframe 150 select his149.NE2 color green spacefill 300 set specular on set shadow on # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Highlight the zinc ligands reset rotate z -85 rotate y 75 rotate x -117 translate y 5 zoom 128 select cys168,cys165,cys140,cys137,cys112,cys107 color orange wireframe 100 select cys.sg and (cys168,cys165,cys140,cys137,cys112,cys107) spacefill 200 select his185,his181,his157,his153,his129,his125 color violet wireframe 100 select his.ne2 and (his185,his181,his157,his153,his129,his125) spacefill 200 select Zn202 set fontsize 16 label Zn # #------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Highlight the butressing Aspartates select asp176,asp148,asp120 color redorange wireframe 150 # #------------------------------------------------------------------------- reset restrict arg118,asp120,g10,c53 ribbon off zoom 230 rotate z 4 rotate y 13 rotate x -109 translate x 26 wireframe 200 select (arg118,asp120,g10,c53) and not carbon color cpk select arg118.nh1, arg118.nh2, arg118.ne spacefill 250 color blue select asp120.od1, asp120.od2 spacefill 250 color magenta select g10.n7, g10.o6, g10.n1, g10.n2 spacefill 250 select g10.o6 color magenta select g10.n7, g10.n1, g10.n2 color blue select c53.o2, c53.n3, c53.n4 spacefill 250 select c53.o2 color magenta select c53.n3, c53.n4 color blue set fontsize 16 select g10.o5* label G10 select c53.p label C53 select arg118.nh2 label Arg118 select asp120.od2 label Asp120 center atomno=938 select all monitors off set monitors off monitor 938 144 monitor 935 143 monitor 158 144 monitor 141 157 color monitors green select arg118,asp120,g10,c53 hbonds hbonds 40 color hbonds green #--------------------------------------------------------------------------