[chimera-dev] Alignment + missing residues

[Eric Pettersen]

On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:44 AM, Gesa Volkers wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I observed an issue with the alignment function of Chimera.
> I loaded a crystal structure where in between a loop is not modelled  
> due to low electron density- so these residues are missing in the  
> structure and the numbering also has this gap. When I align this  
> structure with others, the missing residues are not recognized and  
> chimera just overrides the numbering so after this loop all the  
> numbers in the alignment do not fit anymore to the residues they  
> should belong to although the structure and numberings are shown in  
> the right way in the graphics window. How can I overcome this issue?  
> Should I change the pdb-file? In which way?
>
> Thanks for all responses!

Answered on the chimera-users list.

--Eric