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#16027 closed defect (fixed)
alphafold match failure with UniProt ID
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Tom Goddard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Structure Prediction | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | Eric Pettersen, Elaine Meng | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Notify when closed: | Platform: | all | |
| Project: | ChimeraX |
Description
The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform: macOS-12.7.6-arm64-arm-64bit
ChimeraX Version: 1.8 (2024-06-10 23:15:52 UTC)
Description
In this session, trying to Fetch from the AlphaFold DB fails from the AlphaFold window, no structure in the graphics window:
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
But doing it from the command line works:
open uniprot:EGFR_HUMAN
Log:
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.8 (2024-06-10)
© 2016-2024 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
How to cite UCSF ChimeraX
> ui tool show AlphaFold
> alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is
not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is
not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> alphafold fetch EGFR_HUMAN
Chain information for AlphaFold EGFR_HUMAN #1
---
Chain | Description | UniProt
A | Epidermal growth factor receptor | EGFR_HUMAN 1-1210
Color AlphaFold EGFR_HUMAN by residue attribute pLDDT_score
> alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is
not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> alphafold match P00533
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "P00533" is not a
chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> close session
> alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is
not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> alphafold fetch EGFR_HUMAN
Chain information for AlphaFold EGFR_HUMAN #1
---
Chain | Description | UniProt
A | Epidermal growth factor receptor | EGFR_HUMAN 1-1210
Color AlphaFold EGFR_HUMAN by residue attribute pLDDT_score
> ui tool show AlphaFold
> alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN
Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Sequences argument "EGFR_HUMAN" is
not a chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters
> open uniport: EGFR_HUMAN
No such database 'uniport'
> open uniprot: EGFR_HUMAN
'EGFR_HUMAN' has no suffix
> open uniprot:EGFR_HUMAN
Summary of feedback from opening EGFR_HUMAN fetched from uniprot
---
note | UniProt identifier EGFR_HUMAN maps to entry P00533
Fetching url https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P00533.xml failed:
<urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed:
self signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1002)>
OpenGL version: 4.1 Metal - 76.3
OpenGL renderer: Apple M1 Max
OpenGL vendor: Apple
Python: 3.11.4
Locale: UTF-8
Qt version: PyQt6 6.6.1, Qt 6.6.1
Qt runtime version: 6.6.3
Qt platform: cocoa
Hardware:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,2
Chip: Apple M1 Max
Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency)
Memory: 32 GB
System Firmware Version: 10151.140.19
OS Loader Version: 7459.141.1.701.1
Software:
System Software Overview:
System Version: macOS 12.7.6 (21H1320)
Kernel Version: Darwin 21.6.0
Time since boot: 12 days 1:14
Graphics/Displays:
Apple M1 Max:
Chipset Model: Apple M1 Max
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
Total Number of Cores: 24
Vendor: Apple (0x106b)
Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily Apple 7
Displays:
Thunderbolt Display:
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440 @ 60.00Hz
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
Color LCD:
Display Type: Built-in Liquid Retina XDR Display
Resolution: 3456 x 2234 Retina
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
Connection Type: Internal
BenQ GW2750H:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition)
UI Looks like: 1920 x 1080 @ 60.00Hz
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Installed Packages:
alabaster: 0.7.16
appdirs: 1.4.4
appnope: 0.1.4
asttokens: 2.4.1
Babel: 2.15.0
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blosc2: 2.0.0
build: 1.2.1
certifi: 2023.11.17
cftime: 1.6.4
charset-normalizer: 3.3.2
ChimeraX-AddCharge: 1.5.17
ChimeraX-AddH: 2.2.6
ChimeraX-AlignmentAlgorithms: 2.0.2
ChimeraX-AlignmentHdrs: 3.5
ChimeraX-AlignmentMatrices: 2.1
ChimeraX-Alignments: 2.12.7
ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0
ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.1.1
ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.57.1
ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 14.0.6
ChimeraX-AtomSearch: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-AxesPlanes: 2.4
ChimeraX-BasicActions: 1.1.2
ChimeraX-BILD: 1.0
ChimeraX-BlastProtein: 2.4.6
ChimeraX-BondRot: 2.0.4
ChimeraX-BugReporter: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-BuildStructure: 2.12.1
ChimeraX-Bumps: 1.0
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ChimeraX-ButtonPanel: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CageBuilder: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CellPack: 1.0
ChimeraX-Centroids: 1.4
ChimeraX-ChangeChains: 1.1
ChimeraX-CheckWaters: 1.4
ChimeraX-ChemGroup: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-Clashes: 2.2.4
ChimeraX-ColorActions: 1.0.5
ChimeraX-ColorGlobe: 1.0
ChimeraX-ColorKey: 1.5.6
ChimeraX-CommandLine: 1.2.5
ChimeraX-ConnectStructure: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-Contacts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Core: 1.8
ChimeraX-CoreFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-coulombic: 1.4.3
ChimeraX-Crosslinks: 1.0
ChimeraX-Crystal: 1.0
ChimeraX-CrystalContacts: 1.0.1
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ChimeraX-Dssp: 2.0
ChimeraX-EMDB-SFF: 1.0
ChimeraX-ESMFold: 1.0
ChimeraX-FileHistory: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-FunctionKey: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Geometry: 1.3
ChimeraX-gltf: 1.0
ChimeraX-Graphics: 1.1.1
ChimeraX-Hbonds: 2.4
ChimeraX-Help: 1.2.2
ChimeraX-HKCage: 1.3
ChimeraX-IHM: 1.1
ChimeraX-ImageFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-IMOD: 1.0
ChimeraX-IO: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-ItemsInspection: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-IUPAC: 1.0
ChimeraX-Label: 1.1.10
ChimeraX-ListInfo: 1.2.2
ChimeraX-Log: 1.1.6
ChimeraX-LookingGlass: 1.1
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ChimeraX-Meeting: 1.0.1
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ChimeraX-MMTF: 2.2
ChimeraX-Modeller: 1.5.17
ChimeraX-ModelPanel: 1.5
ChimeraX-ModelSeries: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Mol2: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-Mole: 1.0
ChimeraX-Morph: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-MouseModes: 1.2
ChimeraX-Movie: 1.0
ChimeraX-Neuron: 1.0
ChimeraX-Nifti: 1.2
ChimeraX-NIHPresets: 1.2.5
ChimeraX-NMRSTAR: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-NRRD: 1.2
ChimeraX-Nucleotides: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-OpenCommand: 1.13.5
ChimeraX-PDB: 2.7.5
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ChimeraX-Positions: 1.0
ChimeraX-PresetMgr: 1.1.1
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ChimeraX-ReadPbonds: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Registration: 1.1.2
ChimeraX-RemoteControl: 1.0
ChimeraX-RenderByAttr: 1.4.1
ChimeraX-RenumberResidues: 1.1
ChimeraX-ResidueFit: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-RestServer: 1.2
ChimeraX-RNALayout: 1.0
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ChimeraX-RotamerLibsRichardson: 2.0
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ChimeraX-SchemeMgr: 1.0
ChimeraX-ScholAR: 0.4
ChimeraX-SDF: 2.0.2
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ChimeraX-Segment: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Segmentations: 3.0.15
ChimeraX-SelInspector: 1.0
ChimeraX-SeqView: 2.11.2
ChimeraX-Shape: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Shell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Shortcuts: 1.1.1
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ChimeraX-SideView: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Smiles: 2.1.2
ChimeraX-SmoothLines: 1.0
ChimeraX-SpaceNavigator: 1.0
ChimeraX-StdCommands: 1.16.5
ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
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ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapAA: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.5
ChimeraX-TapeMeasure: 1.0
ChimeraX-TaskManager: 1.0
ChimeraX-Test: 1.0
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ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-UI: 1.39.1
ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3
ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-ViewDockX: 1.4.3
ChimeraX-VIPERdb: 1.0
ChimeraX-Vive: 1.1
ChimeraX-VolumeMenu: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-vrml: 1.0
ChimeraX-VTK: 1.0
ChimeraX-WavefrontOBJ: 1.0
ChimeraX-WebCam: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-WebServices: 1.1.4
ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
colorama: 0.4.6
comm: 0.2.2
contourpy: 1.2.1
cxservices: 1.2.2
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Change History (7)
comment:2 by , 13 months ago
| Cc: | added |
|---|---|
| Component: | Unassigned → Structure Prediction |
| Owner: | set to |
| Platform: | → all |
| Project: | → ChimeraX |
| Status: | new → assigned |
| Summary: | ChimeraX bug report submission → alphafold match failure with UniProt ID |
comment:3 by , 13 months ago
This problem apparently occurred because of the NIH VPN, so not a ChimeraX problem per se, but it sure would be nice if the response from "alphafold match" indicated a failure contacting UniProt rather than the misleading message it currently gives.
comment:4 by , 13 months ago
The error message is indeed horrible. I see why it does that. It test the argument to see if it is any of "chain specifier, alignment id, UniProt id, or sequence characters" and if none of those work it gives the error. If it is a UniProt id and it can't reach the uniprot web site then it says the uniprot check failed. But that needs to be handled differently -- if it looks like a uniprot id and can't reach the web site it should give a different error. I'll fix that error message next week. Giving informative error messages is key to the usability of ChimeraX.
comment:5 by , 13 months ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
|---|---|
| Status: | assigned → closed |
Fixed.
If you are not connected to the internet and you try to lookup a Uniprot sequence by accession code (P00533) or name (EGFR_HUMAN) it now gives a clearer error message.
The message is still pretty bad. It says the sequences argument is missing or invalid which isn't really true, but that is what the generic ChimeraX command argument parsing is saying, and I don't want to tamper with that.
Also the Python urllib library that makes the request for the Uniprot sequence gives a pretty unintelligible error "<urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known>" and I did not attempt to translate that into English ("you have no internet connection") because it is unclear what other types of networking errors might produce this message (it is saying DNS failed to convert a host name to IP address). But I think the resulting message is adequate to point the user in the right direction.
alphafold match EGFR_HUMAN Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Could not lookup UniProt accession code for "EGFR_HUMAN". Request url https://rest.uniprot.org/idmapping/run failed: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known>
alphafold match p00533 Missing or invalid "sequences" argument: Could not fetch sequence for UniProt id "p00533". Fetching url https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/p00533.xml failed: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known>
comment:6 by , 13 months ago
A minor pedantic note on the following error message. Should be "look up" rather than "lookup" (the latter is used when "lookup" is a noun). Feel free to ignore :-) Elaine
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