Coot
Edit
- "Map Color", set up the color for the select map
Calculate
- "Model/Fit/Refine", same as the menu in the right window
- "Map", select map
- "Rotamer", choose the rotamer which can fit the density map best
- "Real Space Refine Zone", refine the rotamer
- "Regularize Zone", idealize model geometry
- "Rigit Body Fit Zone", fix the select fragment
- "Rotate Translate Zone", rotate and translate atoms by selecting two atoms
- "Edit Chi Angles", adjust Chi angles
- "Edit Backbone Torsions", adjust Phi and Psi according to the Ramachandra plots
- "Add Alt Conf", add alternative conformation
- "Delete", delete the selected residues
Draw
- "Go to Atom", centre selected atom and display the density map around it, use "Next Residue" and "Previous Residue" to move along the chain
- "Display Manager", “Scroll” button allows to select which map is affected by this
- "Sequence View", view the sequence
- "Clipping", set up the diplay depth
- "Cell & Symmetry", Display Symmetry Atoms
Measure
- "Distances & Angles", measure distance, angles, torsion angles
- "Environment Distances", display the hydrogen bonds and bumps
- "Clean Atom Labels", remove the atom labels created by "Shift+Left Button"
Validate
- "Density Fit Analysis", density fit metrics
- "Unmodelled Blobs", find the unexplained density blobs
Refinement
- "Rotamer", choose the rotamer fiting the density map best
- "Real Space Refine Zone", refine the selected residue
Blob
- "Validate -> Unmodelled Blobs", find the unexplained density blobs
- "Place Atom At Pointer", place atoms to the selected density blob
- "File -> Seach Monomer library", search and insert monomer
- "Calcualte -> Fit Loop ... Fit Loop by Rama Search", add missed residues
NCS
Comparing the NCS related electron density
Comparing the NCS-related chains
- "Draw -> NCS ghost control
Compare the NCS-related chains using “NCS jumping”
- "o", Other NCS-related chain
Comparing the Ramachandran plots for related chains
- "Validate -> Kleywegt plot
Fix Residue
"Delete", remove the residue
"Calculate -> Fit Loop", add ALA residue
"Mutate & Auto Fit.", change to a specific residue
Output
"File -> Save Coordinates", output pdb file
"File -> Export Map", output map file