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Dear Chimera,
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<div>I have been trying to use Join Models to make a C-N bond between the globular domain of a protein and a region of it (a C-terminal tail) whose structure I simulated using MD.</div>
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<div>However, when I do the joining with Join Models C-N bond option, I get some serious steric clashes. I have tried to resolve them by hand by adjusting the bond's torsion and angles but it is too complicated.</div>
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<div>Other than trying to use other software to minimize clashes, I think I might have to use a brute force method and try a bunch of the structures my MD generated until one of them works.</div>
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<div>So what I am trying to do now is write a script to do the model joining automatically with many different structures that I generated, and return the one with the least number of clashes.</div>
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<div>But I haven't been able to find a command line equivalent of the Join Models window.. I was wondering if you know if such a command exists, if not what combination of commands would work? (for repositioning the models and forming the bond)</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<div>Carlos G. Oliver</div>
<div>M.Sc. Student</div>
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<div>Vogel Lab</div>
<div>Department of Biology</div>
<div>McGill University</div>
<div>Montréal, QC, Canada</div>
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