# Script for display of 1lmb.pdb, the lambda repressor at 1.8 A, from # Beamer and Pabo, 1992, JMB 227, 177-196. # Rasmol commands by Jason Kahn, UMCP # If you haven't loaded the molecule yet: #zap #load 1lmb.pdb # set ambient 60 set specular on set shadows on reset rotate z 51 rotate y 11 rotate x -74 select all hbonds hbonds 40 color hbonds green hbonds 41 define halfdna (dna and (resno>10 and resno<32)) define halfall (halfdna or (resno<61 and :4)) 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 u_major (U and (*.C5 or *.O4 or *.C4 or *.H5)) define major_groove (g_major or a_major or c_major or t_major or u_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 u_minor (U and (*.C2 or *.O2)) define minor_groove (g_minor or a_minor or c_minor or t_minor or u_minor) select all wireframe 50 select protein color cpk cartoons on # # Identify first helix of HTH motif in red # select (resno>32 and resno<40 and protein) color red # # Identify turn of HTH motif in blue # select (resno>39 and resno<44 and protein) color blue # # Identify recognition helix of HTH motif in blue # select (resno>43 and resno<52 and protein) color purple # # Identify N-terminal arm in orange # select (resno<8 and protein) color orange # # Identify dimerization helix in green # select (resno>78 and protein) color green select dna wireframe 150 backbone 300 color backbone cyan # # identify DNA grooves # select major_groove color red select minor_groove color blue # Now spin around etc. as you please reset rotate z 51 rotate y 11 rotate x -74 # Zoom in one half-site zoom 140 translate y 26 select all hbonds off restrict halfall select halfall hbonds on hbonds 30 center (atomno=1844) wireframe 80 select dna and halfall wireframe 150 select halfall # # Look at space filling model # spacefill set shadows off set specular off select protein and halfall color [50,50,50] # # highlight Q33-Q44-T23-A24 interaction in the half site # Gln33 is part of the first HTH helix, Q44 part of the # official recognition helix. This is taken from figure 6 # of the paper. Two bridging water molecules are in yellow # select halfall spacefill off reset rotate z 51 rotate y 11 rotate x -74 zoom 140 translate y 26 set shadows on set specular on hbonds off cartoons off backbone off select (resno>43 and resno<52 and :4) cartoons color purple select (:4 and (gln44 or gln33)) color green wireframe 150 select (T23 or A24) wireframe 150 color cyan select (HOH17 or HOH90) color yellow spacefill #Now zoom in on the interaction reset restrict ((:4 and (gln44 or gln33)) or T23 or A24 or HOH90 or HOH17 or atomno=436) color cpk zoom 400 translate x 50 translate y -10 set fontsize 12 select gln44 and :4 and *.CA label %n%r select gln33 and :4 and *.CA label %n%r select HOH17 or HOH90 color yellow select all monitors off set monitors off monitor 1835 1757 monitor 1835 482 monitor 1834 485 monitor 1758 470 monitor 465 2215 monitor 2286 1834 monitor 2286 2215 color monitors green center atomno=466 # zoom in on phosphate network [to be done later] #