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Structures of BIRC6-client complexes provide a mechanism of Smac-mediated release of caspases. Hunkeler M, Jin CY, Fischer ES. Science. 2023 Mar 17;379(6637):1105-1111.

Blebs promote cell survival by assembling oncogenic signalling hubs. Weems AD, Welf ES et al. Nature. 2023 Mar 16;615(7952):517-525.

Coordination of bacterial cell wall and outer membrane biosynthesis. Hummels KR, Berry SP et al. Nature. 2023 Mar 9;615(7951):300–304.

Architecture of chloroplast TOC-TIC translocon supercomplex. Liu H, Li A et al. Nature. 2023 Mar 9;615(7951):349–357.

Structure and thiazide inhibition mechanism of the human Na-Cl cotransporter. Fan M, Zhang J et al. Nature. 2023 Feb 23;614(7949):788–793.

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December 21, 2022

The RBVI wishes you a safe and happy holiday season! See our 2022 card and the gallery of previous cards back to 1985.

December 20, 2022

Brought to you by the Brown Lab at Virginia Tech: ChimeraX Tutorial: Making a Holiday Tree!

November 23, 2022

The ChimeraX 1.5 production release is available! See the change log for what's new.

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UCSF ChimeraX

UCSF ChimeraX (or simply ChimeraX) is the next-generation molecular visualization program from the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics (RBVI), following UCSF Chimera. ChimeraX can be downloaded free of charge for academic, government, nonprofit, and personal use. Commercial users, please see ChimeraX commercial licensing.

ChimeraX is developed with support from National Institutes of Health R01-GM129325, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant EOSS4-0000000439, and the Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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man and molecule

Virtual Reality

ChimeraX virtual reality works with HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Samsung Odyssey systems (those supported by SteamVR). Any structures, maps, etc. that can be displayed in ChimeraX can be viewed in the headset and manipulated with the hand controllers. Icon toolbars visible in the headset allow changing the scene display or hand-controller button assignments with a single click. Besides rotation, translation, and zooming, useful functions include labeling, distance measurement, bond rotation, placing markers into a map, and changing map contour levels. Virtual-reality (VR) mode can be turned on and off with the vr command, and the meeting command allows multiple users to share a single session in VR.

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CaM-CaMKI peptide

Calmodulin and Target Peptide

Calmodulin (CaM) acts as a calcium sensor. When its four Ca++ sites are fully occupied, it binds and modulates the activity of various downstream proteins, including CaM-dependent protein kinase I (CaMKI). Here, a complex between CaM and its target peptide from CaMKI (PDB 1mxe) is shown with cartoons, a transparent molecular surface, silhouette outlines, and light soft ambient occlusion. (If you prefer a less smudgy/rustic appearance, try using light gentle instead.) For image setup other than positioning, see the command file cam.cxc.

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