Algosome - Vista PDB

VistaPDB

Requirements

VistaPDB requires Mac OSX 10.3 or later.

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Features

Model types include stick, space filling, ball and stick, ribbon, and surface, and many other variations.
Easily modify model preferences, including color, line width, antialiasing, and much more...
Easily measure between two atoms
Transform single strucutres from complex co-crystal structures
Complex selection tools include single and multiple residue selections from the viewer, selection via residues, and selections by proximity.
Multi-structure models supported.
Align proteins to a structure and view the alignment in 3D.
Search by keyword and download PDB files.
Much, much, more...

VistaPDB

VistaPDB is a free, stand-alone program for biologists to analyze 3D Protein and DNA structures in the form of PDB files.

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Model Types

Stick.
Ball and Stick
Space Filling
Ribbon
Surface
Easily modifiable model preferences allows users to modify color, resolution, and much more...

Models

Rotation and translation tools make analyzing models easy. Move the rotation of origin to rotate models around a different point.
Measure molecular distances.
Add new models via layers.
Split co-crystal structures into self-rotating models.
Animate models and record movies.

Alignments

Align sequences via pairwise or BLAST¹ algorithms. View the alignments in the 3D viewer to analyze similarities and differences.

Files

Currently compatable with PDB files only.
Save customized models as a PDB formatted file.

Other tools

Search and download¹ PDB Files on the fly.
Comprehensive 3D amino acid and nucleotide reference.
Comprehensive selection tools to select residues by type, location, and proximity.

¹ BLAST and Entrez tools are based upon third party support from National Center for Biotechnology Information. Please treat this resource with respect - abuse can result in rejection of searches and queries by NCBI.