1 .TH g_helix 1 "Thu 16 Oct 2008"
3 g_helix - calculates basic properties of alpha helices
11 .BI "-to" " gtraj.g87 "
12 .BI "-cz" " zconf.gro "
13 .BI "-co" " waver.gro "
26 .BI "-ahxstart" " int "
29 g_helix computes all kind of helix properties. First, the peptide
30 is checked to find the longest helical part. This is determined by
31 Hydrogen bonds and Phi/Psi angles.
33 to an ideal helix around the Z-axis and centered around the origin.
34 Then the following properties are computed:
39 Helix radius (file radius.xvg). This is merely the
40 RMS deviation in two dimensions for all Calpha atoms.
41 it is calced as sqrt((SUM i(x2(i)+y2(i)))/N), where N is the number
42 of backbone atoms. For an ideal helix the radius is 0.23 nm
46 Twist (file twist.xvg). The average helical angle per
47 residue is calculated. For alpha helix it is 100 degrees,
48 for 3-10 helices it will be smaller,
49 for 5-helices it will be larger.
53 Rise per residue (file rise.xvg). The helical rise per
54 residue is plotted as the difference in Z-coordinate between Ca
55 atoms. For an ideal helix this is 0.15 nm
59 Total helix length (file len-ahx.xvg). The total length
61 helix in nm. This is simply the average rise (see above) times the
62 number of helical residues (see below).
66 Number of helical residues (file n-ahx.xvg). The title says
71 Helix Dipole, backbone only (file dip-ahx.xvg).
75 RMS deviation from ideal helix, calculated for the Calpha
76 atoms only (file rms-ahx.xvg).
80 Average Calpha-Calpha dihedral angle (file phi-ahx.xvg).
84 Average Phi and Psi angles (file phipsi.xvg).
88 Ellipticity at 222 nm according to
97 Run input file: tpr tpb tpa
105 Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt
107 .BI "-to" " gtraj.g87"
109 Gromos-87 ASCII trajectory format
111 .BI "-cz" " zconf.gro"
113 Structure file: gro g96 pdb
115 .BI "-co" " waver.gro"
117 Structure file: gro g96 pdb
121 Print help info and quit
123 .BI "-nice" " int" " 19"
126 .BI "-b" " time" " 0 "
127 First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
129 .BI "-e" " time" " 0 "
130 Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
132 .BI "-dt" " time" " 0 "
133 Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
136 View output xvg, xpm, eps and pdb files
138 .BI "-r0" " int" " 1"
139 The first residue number in the sequence
142 Check at every step which part of the sequence is helical
145 Toggle fit to a perfect helix
150 .BI "-prop" " enum" " RAD"
151 Select property to weight eigenvectors with. WARNING experimental stuff:
184 Write a new 'trajectory' file for ED
186 .BI "-ahxstart" " int" " 0"
187 First residue in helix
189 .BI "-ahxend" " int" " 0"
190 Last residue in helix