AMBER Archive (2004)

Subject: Re: AMBER: animation?

From: aldo jongejan (jongejan_at_few.vu.nl)
Date: Wed Jul 28 2004 - 07:36:21 CDT

Hi Frank,

You could use some morphing programs to create an ' artist impression '
of the transformation. PovRay (perhaps in combination with
SwissPDBViewer to generate the .pov files) could be of use.
I know, there is a program called Xmorph, but I
remember having seen a program that is more dedicated to molecules (but
I don't know the location anymore, maybe it was a program by Gerard
Kleywegt??? But if I remember correctly you also needed the intermediate
stages of the opening of the lid).
The morphing program can not follow a path, thus it would
end up fading the loop in the closed conformation into the open form,
but without following a path.. Offcourse it would be more realistic to
have the intermediate frames and generate a movie....

good luck,

aldo

S. Frank Yan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have two static frames of a loop structure, one is in an open form,
> the other is in closed form. I would like to make an animation which
> shows the transformation movement from open to closed. I am wondering if
> anyone here knows any software/program can do this.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
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