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News & Updates New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons New Plugin LiSiCA is a new plugin for 2D and 3D ligand based virtual screening using a fast maximum clique algorithm. Official Release PyMOL v1.8.0 has been released on Nov 18, 2015. PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship Schrödinger is now accepting applications for the PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program! Details on http://pymol.org/fellowship Official Release PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMOL v1.7.6 have all been released on May 4, 2015. New Plugin PyANM is a new plugin for easier Anisotropic Network Model (ANM) building and visualising in PyMOL. New Plugin Bondpack is a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds. New Plugin MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL. 3D using Geforce PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Dss dss defines secondary structure based on backbone geometry and hydrogen bonding patterns. With PyMOL, heavy emphasis is placed on cartoon aesthetics, and so both hydrogen bonding patterns and backbone geometry are used in the assignment process. Depending upon the local context, helix and strand assignments are made based on geometry, hydrogen bonding, or both. This command will generate results which differ slightly from DSSP and other programs. Most deviations occur in borderline or transition regions. Generally speaking, PyMOL is more strict, thus assigning fewer helix/sheet residues, except for partially distorted helices, which PyMOL tends to tolerate. WARNING: This algorithm has not yet been rigorously validated. USAGE dss [selection [, state]] ARGUMENTS selection = string: atom selection {default: (all)} state = integer: state-index if positive number or any of these: state = 0: consensus over all states {default} state = -1: current state state = -2: consensus ..→

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.