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==Finding and Visualizing Hbonds== | ==Finding and Visualizing Hbonds== | ||
Few, if any, free molecular visualization programs show hbonds as rods or sticks between atoms. This is because determining the positions of hbonds with high confidence requires expert and detailed examination of the donor-acceptor chemistry and geometry. Instead, some molecular visualization programs display potential donor-acceptor pairs, deeming them "putatively" hbonded. [[Protein Explorer]] and [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] have ''Contacts'' dialogs that show putatively hbonded donors and acceptors based simply on | Few, if any, free molecular visualization programs show hbonds as rods or sticks between atoms. This is because determining the positions of hbonds with high confidence requires expert and detailed examination of the donor-acceptor chemistry and geometry. Instead, some molecular visualization programs display potential donor-acceptor pairs, deeming them "putatively" hbonded. [[Protein Explorer]] and [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] have ''Contacts'' dialogs that show putatively hbonded donors and acceptors based simply on the chemical elements and interatomic distances. | ||
Since many [[PDB file|PDB files]] lack [[Hydrogen in macromolecular models|hydrogen atoms]], the presence of an energetically significant hydrogen bond can be inferred when a probable donor and acceptor are within 3.5 Å of each other. [[FirstGlance in Jmol]]' | Since many [[PDB file|PDB files]] lack [[Hydrogen in macromolecular models|hydrogen atoms]], the presence of an energetically significant hydrogen bond can be inferred when a probable donor and acceptor are within 3.5 Å of each other. | ||
[[FirstGlance in Jmol]] has a ''Contacts'' dialog, where you can select any moiety by clicking on it. (The moiety can be a chain, a segment of a chain, a single residue or ligand, or a single atom.) All the likely non-covalent bonds to the designated target moiety are then shown automatically. The putatively non-covalently bonded atoms can be hidden or shown in any combination of seven subsets: hydrogen bonds not involving water, hydrogen bonds involving water, water bridges, hydrophobic interactions, salt bridges, cation-pi orbital interactions, metal and miscellaneous interactions. This display defines "likely hydrogen bonded bonded" oxygens and nitrogens (shown as balls) as those within 3.5 Å of other oxygens or nitrogens. | |||
''An interactive example in Jmol is needed here.'' | ''An interactive example in Jmol is needed here.'' | ||