[gmx-users] minimum distance matrix and secondary structure

[David]

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 20:56, Q.Z. wrote:
> Dear All,
>  I heard that the average minimum distance matrix can be used to 
> identify secondary and tertiary structure and then can be used to 
> monitor the changes of these structural elements with time.
>  Now I have used g_mdmat to generate the NxN matrix. How do I visually 
> identify the these structures on the contour map, in terms of the 
> location of alpha-helix, beta-sheet, etc? Thanks.
helices show up as a pattern of n,n+4 dark spots
sheet as off-diagonal lines, either parallel to the diagonal or
perpendicular to it

> 
> Q. Zou, PhD
> 
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David.
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