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<li> Check '''Yes''' there is a known protein structure.
<li> Check '''Yes''' there is a known protein structure.
<li> Enter your [[PDB code]] (or upload your [[Atomic coordinate file|PDB file]]) and click the ''Next'' button.
<li> Enter your [[PDB code]] (or upload your [[Atomic coordinate file|PDB file]]) and click the ''Next'' button.
<li> Choose one chain from the pull-down ''Chain Identifier'' menu. (ConSurf can only analyze [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary#Use_Caution_When_Comparing_Conservation_of_Sequence-Different_Chains|one chain at a time]].)
<li> Choose one chain from the pull-down ''Chain Identifier'' menu. (ConSurf can only analyze [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary#Use_Caution_When_Comparing_Conservation_of_Sequence-Different_Chains|one chain at a time]]. Get chain IDs by examining the model in
[[FirstGlance in Jmol]].
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<li> Check '''No''' you do not have a Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) to upload.
<li> Check '''No''' you do not have a Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) to upload.
<li> Don't worry, you can leave all the settings that appear now at their defaults.
<li> Don't worry, you can leave all the settings that appear now at their defaults.
:If you want the server to return your result faster, reduce ''Maximum homologs to collect'' from 150 to 75.
<li>Check ''automatically'' for "Select homologs".
<li>Leaving everything else at the defaults, enter a job title (optional).
<li> '''Enter your email address''' in the bottom slot! This avoids losing the result and having to do it over.
<li> '''Enter your email address''' in the bottom slot! This avoids losing the result and having to do it over.
<li> Click the ''Submit'' button.
<li> Click the ''Submit'' button.

Revision as of 18:26, 16 October 2021

Here is a quick procedure for coloring a protein molecule by evolutionary conservation. This procedure does not necessarily give the highest quality result, but will give you a preliminary result that is often sufficient. (This page is a supplement to How to see conserved regions.)

  1. Go to the ConSurf Server.
  2. Check Amino Acids.
  3. Check Yes there is a known protein structure.
  4. Enter your PDB code (or upload your PDB file) and click the Next button.
  5. Choose one chain from the pull-down Chain Identifier menu. (ConSurf can only analyze one chain at a time. Get chain IDs by examining the model in FirstGlance in Jmol.

  6. Check No you do not have a Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) to upload.
  7. Don't worry, you can leave all the settings that appear now at their defaults.
  8. Check automatically for "Select homologs".
  9. Leaving everything else at the defaults, enter a job title (optional).
  10. Enter your email address in the bottom slot! This avoids losing the result and having to do it over.
  11. Click the Submit button.
  12. Processing may take a few minutes or a few hours. After FINISHED appears at the top of the Job Status Page, scroll down to Final Results and click View ConSurf Results with FirstGlance in Jmol.

If you want to obtain a better quality result, see Limiting ConSurf Analysis to Proteins of a Single Function.

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