Model Information

Certain types of input files include not only 3D data for display, but also associated information that may be shown in the Log when the files are opened. Information can be suppressed by using open with logInfo false. See also: info, Model Panel buttons, automatic styling, attributes

The following may be shown (if available) for an atomic structure:

• structure title
  • clicking the “more info” link uses log metadata to show title, literature references, nonstandard residues, etc.
  
  
• nonstandard residues (a subset of the larger table of information shown with log metadata)
  • clicking the 3-character residue name selects the corresponding residue(s) in the structure
  • clicking the description shows the RCSB Protein Data Bank webpage for that residue type in the ChimeraX browser
  
  
• macromolecular assemblies (this information can also be shown with the sym command)
  • clicking an assembly identifier generates the corresponding assembly using sym defaults, and adjusts the view to contain the assembly
  
  
• biopolymer chain information (this information can also be shown with log chains)
  • clicking a chain identifier selects the corresponding chain in the structure
  • clicking a chain description opens the sequence in the Sequence Viewer, associated with all of the corresponding chains in the structure
  • clicking a UniProt identifier fetches the corresponding protein sequence and its sequence feature annotations, and clicking the residue number range (with numbering according to the structure) selects the corresponding structure residues; multiple UniProt identifiers and residue ranges may be given for a fusion protein

For mmCIF files of comparative models from ModBase:

• the target-template sequence alignment is shown automatically in the Sequence Viewer
• model quality scores are not shown automatically, but can be reported with log metadata

DICOM files also contain associated information (metadata). This information is not shown automatically when the files are opened, but can be displayed with the following:

• DICOM Browser – patient→study→series hierarchy, shown by choosing a patient or study in the Model Panel and clicking Info
• DICOM Metadata – full list of DICOM attributes, shown by choosing a series in the Model Panel and clicking Info