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5 Finally, repeat the same procedure to create segment D by typing the
following commands:
mol delete top
mol new 1K4C.pdb
set sel [atomselect top "all and not name K"]
$sel set segname D
$sel move {{0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0} {-1.0 0.0 0.0 310.66}
{0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0} {0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0}}
$sel writepdb KCSA-D.pdb
$sel delete
6 Exit VMD and locate the four files named KCSA-A.pdb, KCSA-B.pdb,
KCSA-C.pdb, and KCSA-D.pdb, each one containing one segment of the
tetramer. If anything seems wrong, use the script buildtetra.tcl to
regenerate the correct files.
Now that you have created all monomers you will merge them into one single
file.
7 Use the cat command in Unix to concatenate all files by typing in a Ter-
minal window: cat KCSA-A.pdb KCSA-B.pdb KCSA-C.pdb KCSA-D.pdb
> KCSA.pdb. If you are using Windows, use a text editor to copy and
paste the contents of all files into one file called KCSA.pdb.
8 Using a text editor open the file KCSA.pdb, search for END and delete the
lines:
END
CRYST1 155.330 155.330 76.270 90.00 90.00 90.00 P 1 1
that are between segments A and B, B and C, as well as those found
between segments C and D.
Directly editing pdb files (as done above) is undesirable, you may want to cre-
ate a Tcl script that performs the same operations while preserving appropriate
indexing and formatting instead.
9 Save the modified file as KCSA-ALL.pdb. Open VMD, load KCSA-ALL.pdb,
and s et up the following representations:
Selection Drawing Method Coloring Method
protein NewCartoon SegName
not protein VDW Name
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