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Mutagenesis

PyMol has a Mutagenesis Wizard to make mutagenesis very easy for the end user.

Walk-through

To mutate a residue follow these easy steps:

  1. Load a PDB file

    Mutag1.png
  2. Under the Wizard menu select Mutagenesis

    Mutag2.png
  3. In the PyMol viewer window select a residue

    Mutag3.png
  4. Select No Mutation and select resultant residue

    Mutag4.png
  5. Selecting the rotamer you think better fits your structure.

    Several side chain orientations (rotamers) are possible. You can use the back-and-forth movie controls (lower right corner) to display (in white) each of the rotamers available for this residue in PyMOL, whose current and total numbers are shown in the (green) Frame info. The rotamers are ordered according to their frequencies of occurrence in proteins, shown as a red percentage at the mutation object, which exists while mutagenesis is being performed.

  6. Select Apply
  7. Select Done

Explanation of colour codes

From [1]:

The visible disks & colors in the Mutagenesis Wizard indicate pairwise overlap of atomic van der Waals radii. The intent is to provide a qualitative feedback regarding contacts and bumps.

Short green lines or small green disks are shown when atoms are almost in contact or slightly overlapping. Large red disks indicate signficant van der Waals overlap. Everything else lies between those extremes.