#This script is for display of GCN4, a yeast transcription #factor containing a basic region leucine zipper (bZIP) DNA-binding motif. #From the structure determined by Ellenberger et al., 1992, Cell 71, pp. # 1223-1237. Rasmol commands by Hannah Chen, Jmol by Jason Kahn. #If molecule isn't loaded... #zap #load GCN4-1.pdb #Script starts here: 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) #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Positive arginine residues interact with negative DNA backbone select arg color blue spacefill 300 set echo top color echo blue echo Arginine in blue reset rotate z -113 rotate y 2 rotate x -177 rotate y 90