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It is possible to add to the list of protein residues, custom residue types. This can be done by simply adding to the PDBTools.protein_residues dictionary of residues a new PDBTools.ProteinResidue entry. For example, here we create a new resiude type NEW with the same properties of an ALA residue. To remove all custom protein residues, use remove_custom_protein_residues!().

julia> using PDBTools

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!();

julia> add_protein_residue!("NEW", PDBTools.protein_residues["ALA"])
PDBTools.ProteinResidue("NEW", "ALA", "A", "Aliphatic", false, false, 71.037114, 71.0779, 0, true)

julia> atom = Atom(resname="NEW");

julia> isprotein(atom)
true

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!();

Here we repeteadly call remove_custom_residues!() to guarantee the proper execution of the test codes, without any custom residues in the list of protein residues.

PDBTools.add_protein_residue! — Function

add_protein_residue!(resname::String, reference_residue::PDBTools.ProteinResidue)

Function to add a custom protein residue to the list of protein residues. The function will return the ProteinResidue object that was added. To remove all custom protein residues use remove_custom_protein_residues!().

Example

julia> using PDBTools

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!();

julia> add_protein_residue!("sA", PDBTools.protein_residues["ALA"])
PDBTools.ProteinResidue("sA", "ALA", "A", "Aliphatic", false, false, 71.037114, 71.0779, 0, true)

julia> isprotein(Atom(resname="sA"))
true

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!(); # clean up

Here we repeteadly call remove_custom_residues!() to guarantee the proper execution of the test codes, without any custom residues in the list of protein residues.

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PDBTools.remove_custom_protein_residues! — Function

remove_custom_protein_residues!()

Function to remove all custom protein residues from the list of protein residues.

Example

julia> using PDBTools

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!(); # clean up

julia> add_protein_residue!("sA", PDBTools.protein_residues["ALA"])
PDBTools.ProteinResidue("sA", "ALA", "A", "Aliphatic", false, false, 71.037114, 71.0779, 0, true)

julia> isprotein(Atom(resname="sA"))
true

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!();

julia> isprotein(Atom(resname="sA"))
false

Here we repeteadly call remove_custom_residues!() to guarantee the proper execution of the test codes, without any custom residues in the list of protein residues.

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The SIRAH force-field residues and element types

Conveniencie functions can be created to add sets of new types of residues and atom types to the list of residues and elements. This is illustrated in the custom_types.jl file of the source code, in this case for the residues and atom types of the SIRAH force field for Coarse-Grained protein simulations.

With those definitions, adding all SIRAH protein residue types and element names can be done with:

julia> using PDBTools 

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!(); remove_custom_elements!();

julia> custom_protein_residues!(SIRAH)
┌ Warning: 
│ 
│     Residue `sX` will be interpreted as bridged Cysteine.
│ 
└ @ PDBTools

julia> custom_elements!(SIRAH)
┌ Warning:
│
│     The element masses are not the coarse-grained ones. This must be fixed in the future.
│
└ @ PDBTools

julia> sirah_pdb = read_pdb(PDBTools.SIRAHPDB);

julia> resname.(eachresidue(sirah_pdb))
5-element Vector{InlineStrings.String7}:
 "sI"
 "sR"
 "sX"
 "sI"
 "sG"

julia> getseq(sirah_pdb)
5-element Vector{String}:
 "I"
 "R"
 "C"
 "I"
 "G"

julia> all(isprotein.(sirah_pdb))
true

julia> remove_custom_protein_residues!(); remove_custom_elements!();

Note that the residue names of the SIRAH force-field are non-standard (sI, sR, etc.), but the sequence is properly retrieved with standard one-letter codes, and all the atoms of the structure are recognized as being "protein" atoms.

Here we repeteadly call remove_custom_residues!() and remove_custom_elements!() to guarantee the proper execution of the test codes.

Move atoms and center of mass

The center_of_mass function can be used to compute the center of mass of set of atoms, and the moveto! function can be used to move the center of mass of the atoms to the origin (by default) or to a specified position:

PDBTools.center_of_mass — Function

center_of_mass(atoms::AbstractVector{<:Atom})

Calculate the center of mass of the atoms.

Example

julia> using PDBTools

julia> atoms = read_pdb(PDBTools.SMALLPDB);

julia> center_of_mass(atoms)
3-element StaticArraysCore.SVector{3, Float64} with indices SOneTo(3):
  -5.584422772707132
 -13.110413081059928
  -7.139970851058855

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PDBTools.moveto! — Function

moveto!(atoms::AbstractVector{<:Atom}; center::AbstractVector{<:Real}=SVector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0))

Move the center of mass of the atoms to the specified center position, which defaults to the origin.

Example

julia> using PDBTools

julia> atoms = read_pdb(PDBTools.SMALLPDB);

julia> center_of_mass(atoms)
3-element StaticArraysCore.SVector{3, Float64} with indices SOneTo(3):
  -5.584422772707132
 -13.110413081059928
  -7.139970851058855

julia> moveto!(atoms; center = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]);

julia> center_of_mass(atoms)
3-element StaticArraysCore.SVector{3, Float64} with indices SOneTo(3):
 1.0000000263619948
 1.9999999934852166
 2.9999999509668918

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Tools

Add hydrogens with OpenBabel

Custom protein residue types

The SIRAH force-field residues and element types

Move atoms and center of mass