Thank you so much Kamil and Blaine for the insights, that worked very well!

On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 05:04, Mooers, Blaine H.M. (HSC) <
blaine-moo...@ouhsc.edu> wrote:

> Hi Neena,
>
> Adding to Kamil's explanation, the role of each column for a ATOM record
> in the PDB file is explained here:
> https://www.wwpdb.org/documentation/file-format-content/format33/sect9.html#ATOM.
>
>
> The PDBeditor.jar program can help you retain the fixed file format of the
> PDB file: http://www.bioinformatics.org/pdbeditor/wiki/.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Blaine
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Kamil Steczkiewicz [kamil.steczkiew...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2021 2:29 AM
> To: Neena Susan Eappen
> Cc: Mooers, Blaine H.M.  (HSC); zb2...@cumc.columbia.edu; pymol-users
> Subject: Re: [PyMOL] [EXTERNAL] No cartoon view for custom PDB file
>
> You got error in column positioning in PDB file - I added two whitespaces
> after ATOM mark. It probably couldn't parse the PDB file properly as the
> PDB file is column-specific format. It works now.
> Chk attached file in PyMOL.
> Kamil
>
>
> wt., 6 lip 2021 o 23:13 Neena Susan Eappen <neenasusan...@gmail.com
> <mailto:neenasusan...@gmail.com>> napisaƂ(a):
> Hello PyMOL users,
>
> Please take a look at the two attached PDB files (opt 20 and opt 21); I
> formatted opt21.pdb file to match with that of opt20.pdb for PyMOL to
> recognize the former as a peptide. However, now I can neither see a line
> nor cartoon representation of the opt21 peptide anymore.
> Any insights on what could be wrong in the opt21 PDB file?
>
> Many thanks,
> Neena
>
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 at 23:38, Neena Susan Eappen <neenasusan...@gmail.com
> <mailto:neenasusan...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Thank you Blaine and Zuben for your insights and troubleshooting the
> problem! I understood the formatting issue with the current PDB file, will
> do the necessary changes.
>
> Regards,
> Neena
>
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 at 09:59, Mooers, Blaine H.M. (HSC) <
> blaine-moo...@ouhsc.edu<mailto:blaine-moo...@ouhsc.edu>> wrote:
> Hi Neena,
>
> Thank you for attaching your PDB file.
> That was a good idea.
> It was very helpful for trouble-shooting.
>
> Look inside yourPDB file with a text editor.
> Your pdbPDB file is incomplete in three ways:
>
> 1) The third column of atom types lacks CA (Calpha) atoms.
> PyMOL cannot recognize your coordinates as being from a protein.
> You can use PDBeditor.jar or any good text editor (not MS Word) to edit
> the atom records.
> If you need help selecting a text editor, check out
> https://mooerslab.github.io/pymolsnips/#editors<
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mooerslab.github.io_pymolsnips_-23editors&d=DwMFaQ&c=VjzId-SM5S6aVB_cCGQ0d3uo9UfKByQ3sI6Audoy6dY&r=k0gMbcsdOcdbPUNV5tW66KQSZfXL0ewVDPVBp7tqbks&m=_0_SlrKbnune5f30F7yXXfCZeqLy4On9xiqmMCnp8i8&s=kNiqLqCiIujYjPxmB4ojZgo5FPlLYD2sh_pNAf8a9QI&e=
> >.
>
> 2) Your PDB file lacks  HELIX and SHEET records.
> PyMOL's cartoon function uses these in the default automatic mode.
>
> 3) Your PDB file lacks residue identifiers (resi) and residue names (resn).
> You might still be able to make a cartoon without them, but their absence
> will hinder making selections.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Blaine
>
>
>
>
> Hello PyMOL users,
>
> I performed a geometry optimization of a peptide on gaussview and then
> saved the output log file as a PDB. However, when I open this PDB file
> (attached hereby) in Pymol, I cannot enable the cartoon view of the
> secondary structure; I can only enable the line and stick representation.
>
> Any insight on what might be going wrong?
>
> Many thanks,
> Neena
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