# Script for display of 1cdw.pdb, the human TBP+DNA co-complex, from # Nikolov et al., 1997, PNAS vol. 93, pp 4862-4867. # Rasmol commands by Jason Kahn, UMCP # If you haven't loaded the molecule yet: #zap #load 1cdw.pdb reset slab off set ambient 60 set specular on set shadows on wireframe 50 spacefill off color cpk # This gives a "standard" view of the complex zoom 120 rotate z -178 rotate y -51 rotate x 100 translate x 2 translate y -7 # # Focus on DNA-binding beta sheet face, the "saddle" # select protein backbone 100 wireframe 50 color [150,100,100] cartoons color backbone [100,100,100] color cartoons [100,100,100] select protein and sheet cartoons 350 color cartoons blue color backbone blue select protein and not sheet and not helix backbone 120 select ser155 and *.CA set fontsize 16 label "N-term" select lys333 and *.CA label "C-term" # # Emphasize DNA in the complex # select dna color cpk backbone 250 color backbone red wireframe 150 # # Now rotate around as desired... # # This view showcases the B-DNA entering one end of the complex: reset zoom 120 rotate z 176 rotate y -49 rotate x 52 translate x 2 translate y -7 # # Look at the largely hydrophobic DNA-binding surface of the protein # Note that rasmol colors residue by residue, not atom by atom -- # (The DNA is in front, barely visible) # reset zoom 120 rotate z -175 rotate y -41 rotate x 26 translate x 2 translate y -7 select dna wireframe select sheet and hydrophobic color [100,100,100] select sheet and polar color green select sheet and negative color blue select sheet and positive color red select sheet spacefill # # Now look at DNA grooves to emphasize unwinding and splaying # out of the minor 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 major_groove (g_major or a_major or c_major or t_major) 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 minor_groove (g_minor or a_minor or c_minor or t_minor) # select protein color [100,100,100] spacefill off wireframe off select dna wireframe 350 backbone off select major_groove color [0,100,0] select minor_groove color orange reset rotate z 143 rotate y -27 rotate x 147 translate x 2 translate y -7 zoom 120 # # Spin the molecule around to follow the grooves # # Look at phe intercalation at the "stirrups" # select all wireframe 50 reset rotate z -178 rotate y -51 rotate x 100 translate x 2 translate y -7 zoom 120 select a112 or t111 or t5 or a6 spacefill color cpk select g12 or c105 or a11 or t106 spacefill color cpk select phe284,phe301,phe210,phe193 color green wireframe 300 select dna wireframe 100 backbone off # # Zoom in on one intercalation site # restrict ((dna and (resno<9 or resno>108)) or (protein and (resno>272 and resno<305))) select (dna and (resno<9 or resno>108)) hbonds color hbonds cyan hbonds 40 reset zoom 180 rotate z 175 rotate y -36 rotate x 52 translate x -25 translate y -24 center atomno=1020 select a112,t111,t5,a6 spacefill 250 select (a112,t111,t5,a6) and backbone spacefill off select phe284,phe301 wireframe 200