timothy driscoll wrote:

> Miguel sent (2004.05.03 at 2.44p [+0200gmt]) :
>
> >Tim wrote,
> >
> >>IIRC, neither Rasmol nor Chime draw cartoons for structures that
> >>have only alpha-carbons.  this includes trace, ribbons, strands,
> >>and cartoon.

but both RasMol and Chime draw backbone with *.CA protein structures and I think there 
is no reason why protein renderings which are only based on *.CA should not be drawn 
by Jmol e.g. trace.

>
> >
> >Q: How many files are out there that have alpha-carbons only?
> >
> quite a few - I don't have exact numbers.

me too, I guess less than 1%, which are about 250 structures e.g.

| code | resolution | method      | creation   |

+------+------------+-------------+------------+

| 1a1d |      99.99 | NMR         | 1997-12-10 |

| 1a1q |        2.4 | diffraction | 1997-12-12 |

| 1aat |        2.8 | diffraction | 1982-04-23 |

| 1abn |        2.4 | diffraction | 1992-09-03 |

| 1ae4 |        2.4 | diffraction | 1997-03-05 |

| 1ags |        2.5 | diffraction | 1995-01-23 |

| 1ain |        2.5 | diffraction | 1992-06-03 |

| 1alm |      99.99 | model       | 1997-05-31 |

| 1anp |      99.99 | NMR         | 1994-04-06 |





>
>
> >Q: Why do they exist?
> >
> resolution limitations or file size issues.

ancient files, resolution limitations and especially model structures .
Regards, Jan



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