Ribbons --- Xplor-ation Conversion of Xplor data into *.ss format. X-PLOR is run do determine a given property by residue. For example, the RMS shifts between two structures, the average temperature factors, the accessible surface area, or the strain energy. The abbreviated listing files are then processed to assign a 1-letter code 'score' for coloring in ribbons. You must create one list file per peptide chain for compatability with ribbons. The '*_psf.inp' files in the examples are like the Xplor 'xprepare.inp' files without the X-ray data. Example input files for X-plor: file usage --------- ------------- resi_rms.inp root-mean-square shifts per residue resi_geom.inp energy of bonds, angles, and dihedrals resi_bf.inp average temperature factors resi_surf.inp sum of surface area Creation of the individual property/assignment files: awk -f X_rms.awk < X_rms.list > rms.s awk -f X_geom.awk < X_geom.list > geom.s awk -f X_bf.awk < X_bf.list > bf.s awk -f X_surf.awk < X_surf.list > surf.s Creation of an *.ss file: paste pro-orig.ss *.s > pro-new.ss The file pro-orig.ss was made with the standard ribbon utilities pdb-pro-ss followed by pdb-rama-ss. All at once: X-geom-ss protein.ss X_geom.list X-rms-ss protein.ss X_rms.list X-bf-ss protein.ss X_bf.list The scripts above have been placed in the ~ribbons/bin directory that do the two steps above, adding the column of X information to the existing *.ss file. Color-coding: The assigned grade is 'A' thru 'F'. The file 'X.color' gives a mapping of cold thru hot (or wet thru dry).