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emap (c45b2)

The EMAP module
Modeling macromolecular assemblies with map objects

by Xiongwu Wu and Bernard R. Brooks
Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, NHLBI, NIH

modifications by Jon Wright and Carmay Lim
Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

The EMAP module is designed to manipulate map objects as well as
interexchange between atomic objects and map objects.
A map object is defined as a rectangular space with grid distributions
of certain properties. A map object may have its reference atom set which
defines the atomic structure used to transfer map to atoms or verse versa.
A rigid domain is defined to represent a map at the position and
orientation of an atomic structure. A rigid domain can be moved around
as a molecular structure. Many rigid domains can be defined for a map object.
Map objects can be manipulated so as to initialization, resizing,
addition, substruction, reduction, and comparison. With rigid domains, one
can perform fiting individual maps to a complex map, constructing complex
structure from many components.
Map object manipulation is highly efficient for large system modeling. It
is also the necessary approach to derive structure information from electon
microscopy experiment.
Field map is defined to describe the electrostatic field generated from
a molecule. In addition to the density map used in electron microscopy (EM)
image fitting, molecular maps are defined to describe the distribution of
atomic properties such as partial charges, vdw cores. Field maps and
molecular maps provide a convenient way to evaluate interactions between
map objects. Through map energies, the structure of macromolecular
assemblies can be modeled through docking or simulation approaches.

Related references:
(1) Wu, X. and Milne, J. L. and Borgnia, M. J. and Rostapshov, A. V. and Subramaniam, S. and Brooks,B. R., "A core-weighted fitting method for docking atomic structures into low-resolution maps: application to cryo-electron microscopy", J Struct Biol, 141, 63-76 (2003)
(2) Wu, X. and Brooks, B. R., "Modeling of Macromolecular assemblies with map objects",
Proc. 2007 Int. Conf. Bioinform. Comput. Biol., Vol. II, 411-417 (2007)
(3) Wu, X., Subramaniam, S., Case, D.A., Wu, K. W., Brooks, B.R., "Targeted
conformational search with map-restrained self-guided Langevin dynamics:
application to flexible fitting into electron microscopic density maps",
J Struct Biol, 183, 429-440 (2013)


* Syntax | Syntax of the EMAP commands
* Description | Description of the EMAP functions
* Substitution | Description of substitution values
* Examples | Usage example of the EMAP commands


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Syntax of EMAP Manipulation commands

[SYNTAX EMAP manipulation]

! default parameter setting:
EMAP { PARM [RESO real] [RCUT real] -
[DX real] [DY real] [DZ real] [ICORE int] -
[AX real] [AY real] [AZ real] [EPS real] -
[PSOLV real] [PSELE real] [PCORE int] } -
[GUID real] [TEMP real] [GAMM real] -
[RBIND]

! Map file IO:
EMAP { READ mapid [NAME filename] [UNIT int] }
{ WRITe mapid [NAME filename] [UNIT int] [DDR|CORE] }

! Map object manipulation
EMAP { CORE mapid [CUT real] [DENSity|DDR] }
{ DDR mapid }
{ GENErate mapid [atom-selection] [COMParison-set] [RESO real] -
[map-size] [DX real DY real DZ real] [AS existing_mapid] -
[FMAP [GRID] [AX real AY real AZ real] }
{ INITialize emapid [BASE real] }
{ REDUce mapid BY mapid [TO mapid] }
{ REFErence mapid atom-selection }
{ REMAp mapid FROM rigid }
{ RESIze mapid [map-size|AS mapid ] [GRID-only] [BOUNdary-only] }
{ SCALe mapid BY real }
{ STATistics emapid }

map-size::= MX int MY int MZ int LX int LY int LZ int

! Rigid domain manipulation
EMAP { ASSIgn mapid AS rigid [atom-selection] }
{ COMPlex RIGId rigid [RIGId rigid ...] [APPEnd] [FIX] [NOX] [NOY] [NOZ]}
{ PROJect rigid [ atom-selection ] [COMP]}
{ RESTore rigid }
{ ROTAte rigid XDIR real YDIR real ZDIR real PHI real }
{ SAVE rigid }
{ TRANslate rigid XDIR real YDIR real ZDIR real [DIST real] }

! Rigid domain IO
EMAP { TRAJectory [OPEN|CLOSe] [READ|WRITe] UNIT integer [NAME filename| -

! Map object and rigid domain manipulation:
EMAP { ADD rigid TO mapid }
{ COPY [MAPId mapid|RIDId rigid] TO [mapid|rigid] }
{ DELEte [MAPId mapid|RIGId rigid]}
{ DUPLicate [MAPId mapid|RIDId rigid] TO [mapid|rigid] }
{ QUERy [MAPId mapid|RIDId rigid] }
{ SUBStract rigid FROM mapid }
{ SUM mapid }

! Conformational evaluation:
EMAP { CORR [MAPId mapid|RIGId rigid] [MAPId mapid|RIGId rigid] [CORE] [DDR] }
{ INTEraction [MAPId mapid|RIGId rigid] [MAPId mapid|RIGId rigid] -
[EPS real] [PSOLV real] [PSELE real] [PCORE int] }

! Conformational optimization:
EMAP { DOCK [FMAP][GTMC [SPACE]] [MANY] [TRAJectory integer] -
[MAPId mapid] [RIGId rigid [RIGId rigid [...]]] -
grid-properties MC-parameters Correlation-type -
[REX1 real] [REX2 real] [REY1 real] [REY2 real] -
[REZ1 real] [REZ2 real] [LGX1 real] [LGX1 real] -
[LGY1 real] [LGY2 real] [LGZ1 real] [LGZ1 real] -
[SX1 real] [SY1 real] [SZ1 real] [ANGL1 real] -
[SX2 real] [SY2 real] [SZ2 real] [ANGL2 real] -
[PBC PBCX real PBCY real PNCZ real]
Fitting-criteria }


grid-properties::= NTRAnslation int NROTation int [SPACE]
MC-parameters::=NCYLc int NSTEp int TEMP real TRAN real ROTA real
Correlation-type::=[CORE [ACORe int] [BCORe real] [CCORe real]] [DDR] [CORE]
Fitting-criteria::=[LOOP int] [DTCO real] [CFIX real]

! Define Map-constraints for map-constrained dynamics simulation
EMAP { CONS real rigid [rigid ...] [MOVE] [APPE] }

! Rigid domain trajectory file IO:
EMAP { TRAJectory [OPEN|CLOSE] UNIT integer [NAME filename] }
{ TRAJectory [READ|WRITE] UNIT integer RIGId integer }

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! A shortcut READ command is implmented to simplify the process of creating
! molecular segments from coordinate files or PDB (default) files.

READ { SEGId segment { PDB [BUILd [SETUp]] }} [UNIT integer]
{ { CARD }}
{ { FREE }}
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Descriptions of the map manipulation commands


Map objects are created only by READ, GENErate, or DUPLicate commands.
Rigid domains are created only by ASSIgn or DUPLicate commands. All of other
commands manipulate existing map objects or rigid domains.
All rigid domains has a storage for backup purpose. Current position and
orientation of a rigid domain can be SAVEd to the storage and can be RESTored
from the storage.
A shortcut READ SEGID command provides convenient way to transform a
system in PDB file
format into new CHARMM segments with given coordinates. When read in segments
from a PDB file, one can specify BUILd to generate all atom connectivities and
atom types. If there are missing atoms in the PDB file, one can specify SETUp
to generate an internal coordinate table of the segments to be used to
generate the coordiantes of those missing atoms. Each chain in the PDB file
will form a new segment named as the given SEGId followed by its segment
number. These generated segments are well quialified CHARMM segments and
can be used for atom based simulation. This is a very convenient way to
generate simulation systems from PDB files. However, It requires that all
residue and atom names in the input file are consistent with that in the
For example:
open read unit 10 card name 1b5s.pdb
read segid b5s PDB build setup unit 10
This command can be used to create a new segment from either a
PDB file (PDB), a CHARMM coordinate file (CARD), or a free format coordinate
file (FREE). If BUILd option is not specified, the generated
segment contains only atoms listed in the input PDB file but no atomic
connectivities are generated. Such a segment can be used to generate a map
object needed in the EMAP module (» emap ). With this command, a map
object can be quickly converted from a PDB structure.
(See examples in this document)

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1) The ADD command

The ADD command will add the first map object to the map object
specified after "TO". The first map object will not change. The second map
object will change only its distribution properties, but not its grid and
boundary properties.

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2) The ASSIgn command

The ASSIgn command will create a rigid domain representing the map
object. If no atom is selected, a unit vector set at origin will be
created for the rigid domain. If atom-selection is given, the relative
position and orientation related to the reference atom set will be generated
for the rigid domain. The atom-selection should have the same atom number as
the reference atom set of the map object. If the map has no reference atom
set, a initialized rigid domain will be created and the atom selection is
assigned as the reference atom set for the map.

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3) The COMPlex command

The COMPlex command will define which rigid domains are contained in
a complex that will be built with the DOCK command. A COMPlex command without
APPEnd option will overwrite previous COMPlex command, while with APPEnd option
the command will add the newly defined rigid domains to the complex. The motion of the rigid domain can be specified with "fix", "nox", "noy", and/or "noz" so that its motion will be restricted during many body conformational search.
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4) The CONStraint command

The CONS command define map-constraints for DYNAmics simulations. A
typical application is for flexible fitting of structures into electron density
maps. Map-constrained dynamic simulation is designed for targeted conformational
search to induce simulation systems to reach give target shape. For example,
to maintain domain structures, to fold to homologeous structures, and to minic
molecular envrionment. The real number follow CONS define the constraint force
constant. After the force constant, one or more rigid are listed to define
constraint maps. The maps of these rigid will be used to constrain their reference
atoms. The reference atoms are defined with "EMAP REFErence" or "EMAP GENErate"
command. The keyword, MOVE, makes the rigid domains movable to follow their
constrained atoms. If more than one "EMAP CONS" commands are used, the following
"EMAP CONS" commnad must have the keyword, APPEnd, to preserve previous constraints.

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5) the COPY command

The COPY command will COPY an existing object to another existingone.
Only the distribution properties of a map or the position and orientation of
a rigid domain will be copied.

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6) The CORE command

The CORE command will rebuild the core indice of the map object. Two
methods, density or Laplacain, can be used for the build up. CUT defines the
cutoff density used in the build up.

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7) The CORR command

The CORRelation command will compute the correlation between the two
objects, which can be either map objects or rigid domains or mixed. Option
CORE asks for core-weighted correlations, and DDR asks for Laplacian
correlations. If both options are specified, the core-weighted Laplacian
correlation will be calculated. With the CORE option, the parameters for
core-weighting, ACORE, BCORE, and CCORE can be specified. The correlation
result can be queried by ?EMCT

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8) The DDR command

The DDR command will recalculate the Laplacian of the map object.

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9) The DELEte command

The DELEte command will delelte the specified map object or rigid
domain. They can only be deleted in a last in-first out mode by DELEte command.
If the last map object is deleted, all rigid domains representing the map
object should be deleted first before the map object can be deleted.

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10) The DOCK command

The DOCK command will fit the rigid domains defined by COMPlex command
or defined in DOCK command line to a map object or to each other. For single
body docking, the grid-threading Monte Carlo ( GTMC) is used. If chose MANY
option, many-body searching is performed. FMAP will initiate energy-based
searching. When FMAP is specified, the grid will be done over protein surface
except SPACe is specified for GTMC. TRAJ can be used to define the writing
of rigid domain trajectory. A trajectory file must be opened with EMAP TRAJ
OPEN command.
For many body search, periodic boundary condition can be specified with PBC keyword. Rectangular box is assumed and PBCX, PBCY, PBCZ define box sizes in x, y, and z directions.

Using a subset of a MAP for the GRID search is possible using the following
keywords:

REX1, REX2, the min and max point in the x direction for the receptor search grid
REY1, REY2, the min and max point in the y direction for the receptor search grid
REZ1, REZ2, the min and max point in the z direction for the receptor search grid
LGX1, LGX2, the min and max point in the x direction for the ligand search grid
LGY1, LGY2, the min and max point in the y direction for the ligand search grid
LGZ1, LGZ2, the min and max point in the z direction for the ligand search grid

SX1, SX2, SZ1 The x,y,z coords for the vector from which the receptor docking angle
will be taken.
SX2, SY2, SZ2 The x,y,z coords for the vector from which the ligand docking angle
will be taken
ANGL1, ANGL2 The docking vector angle for the receptor and the ligand resepectively.

REX1..REZ2 and LGX1..LGZ2 defines boxes and only grid points inside these boxes are
used for the docking, for REX1..REZ2 a small number should be added to the
values returned from CHARMM using COOR STAT.

SX1..SZ1 and SX2..SZ2 allows for a vector to be defined from the origin of the MAP
and only grid points that are within ANGL1 or ANGL2 degrees of that vector
are used in a docking search. Note ANGL of 90 gives a 180 degree search (+90
to -90 degrees of the vector), an ANGL of 180 gives a full 360 degree search.

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11) the DUPLicate command

The DUPLicate command will create an identical map or rigid domain of
an existing object .

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12) The GENErate command

The GENErate command will generate a map object from the coordinates of
a selected atom set. The default resolution is 15 angstroms but can be
specified for other values. map-size defines the starting grid, MX, MY,MZ, and grid dimension, LX,LY,LZ. If map-size is not defined, they will be determined to contain the map generated from the selected atoms. The default map gid properties is DX=DY=DZ=3
angstroms. The grid intervals can be specified by DX, DY, and DZ or taken from
other map objects by AS. The generated map object takes the atom set as its
reference atom set. If no atom is selected, map-size must be defined and an empty map will be generated.
If FMAP is specified, a molecular map will be generated using atomic
properties of the molecule. This map contains charge distribution, electro-
static field distribution, and vdw core distribution. GRID option can speed
up the calculation in electrostatic field distribution with less accuracy. The
field map uses AX, AY, and AZ to define the coordinate scales. Normally, AX,
AY, and AZ is set to the gyration radius of the molecule.

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13) The INITialize command

The INITialize command set the distribution properties of a map object
to be zero, or BASE value, including core indices , throughout its space.
The map object should be generated before it can be initialized.

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14) The INTEraction command

The INTEraction command will calculate the interaction energy between
two rigid domains and/or map objects. These rigid domains or map objects must
represent molecular map objects. The interaction energies (?EMENG) consist of
VDW core interaction (?EMCORE), electrostatic interaction (?EMELE),
desolvation energy (?EMSOLV), and contact energy (?EMCONS). ?EMENGM stores
the minimum energy over the history of INTEraction commands.
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15) The PARM command

The PARM command will set the default values for parameters that
would be used in other EMAP commands.
RESO--Map resolution, angstroms;
RCUT--the base density to tell the noise level;
DX, DY, DZ-- Grid interval in map objects;
AX, AY, AZ-- Scaling lengths for reduced coordinates in field maps;
EPS -- Dielectric constant for electrostatic interaction;
PSOLV-- Desolvation energy parameter
PSELE-- Electrostatic solvation parameter
PCORE-- vdw core interaction parameter
GUID -- map constraint force constant, default, 0.05 kcal/mol/Da
GAMM -- collision frequency on map objects, default, 1/ps
TEMP -- maximum temperature of map objects, default, 300 K
RBIND -- distance range to define a binding interaction, default, 4 angstroms
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16) The PROJect command

The PROJect command will generate coordinates for the selected atoms
based on the reference atom set and the rigid domain. The selected atoms
should have the same number of atom as the reference set. Coordinates are
copied in order of selection and no check is performed. The comparison coordinate set will be modified if COMP presents.

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17) The QUERy command

For map objects, the QUERy command will print out
starting grid numbers (?EMMX,?EMMY,?EMMZ),
grid numbers (?EMLX,?EMLY,?EMLZ),
grid intervals (?EMDX,?EMDY,?EMDZ),
map centers (?EMCX,?EMCY,?EMCZ),
Maximum density(?EMMM),
minimum density (?EMMN),
number of core grids (?EMNC)
For rigid domains, the QUERy command will print out
translation vector (?EMTX,?EMTY,?EMTZ),
rotation matrix (?EMXX,?EMXY,?EMXZ,
?EMYX,?EMYY,?EMYZ,
?EMZX,?EMZY,?EMZZ)
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18) The READ command

The READ command will create a map object by readin the map information
from a map file. Currectly, only .CCP4, .MAP, and .MRC format and PDB format
are supported. When format is PDB, the map will be generated from the PDB structure
with grid parameters DX,DY,DZ and resolution RESO:
EMAP READ mapid NAME string FORM PDB [DX real DY real DZ real RESO real]
Without specifying, default values will be used: DX=DY=DZ=RESO=3 angstroms.

The map file can be either specified by NAME or UNIT. The UNIT
number must be opened with:
OPEN UNFOrmatted EMAP UNIT int NAME string
When using OPEN to open a map file, the FORMat must be specified:
EMAP READ mapid UNIT integer FORM [CCP4|MAP|MRC|PDB]

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19) The REDUce command

The REDUce command will reduce the first map object by the map
object specified after "BY". If a mapid is specified by TO, the result
will be put to the mapid. Otherwise, the first map object will be reduced.

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20) the REFErence command

The REFErence command will take the atom-selection as the reference
atom set for the map object. ALL rigid domains representing this map object
will not change after the reference atom set change.
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21) The REMAp command

The REMAp command will create a new map object according to the rigid
domain specified after FROM. The new map is created by transforming the
reference map object according to the rigid domain transformation. The
reference atoms are transformed as well.

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22) The RESIze command

The RESIze command will change the map object to have the same grid
properties or/and bundary properties as the other map object. Option GRID-only
only resizes the grid properties, and BOUNdary-only only resizes boundary
properties.

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23) The RESTore command

The RESTore command will copy the stored position and orientation to
the rigid domain.

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24) The ROTAte command

The ROTAte command will cause the specified rigid domain to be rotated
about the specified axis vector through the map center. The vector
need not be normalized, but it must have a non zero length. The PHI value
gives the amount of rotation about this axis in degrees.


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25) The SCALE command

The SCALe command will scale the distribution properties of the
map object by the real number spedified after "BY".

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26) The STATistics command

The STATistics command calculate and print the statistic properties
of the distribution properties of the map.


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27) The SAVE command

The SAVE command will copy the position and orientation of the rigid
domain to its storage.


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28) The SUBStract command

The SUBStract command will substruct the first map object from the map
object specified after "FROM". The first map object will not change. The
second map object will change only its distribution properties, but not its
grid and boundary properties.

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29) The SUM command

The SUM command creates a map object by summing all rigid fragments
defined by the COMPlex command.

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30) The TRAJectory command

The TRAJ command perform open, close, read, or write the trajectory
file of a rigid domain. The trajectory file stores the translation vector
and rotation matrix, configuration energy in a assembly and conformation
number and search index.
When OPEN is specified, the file specified by NAME is opened at UNIT
channel for accessing by the following EMAP TRAJ command.
When WRITe is specified, the translation vector, rotation matrix,
current energy (?EMENG), minimum energy (?EMENGM), and conformational
number (?EMNST), and rigid domain index (?EMNSR) will be written to the
UNIT channel. These information will be read into the rigid domain if
READ is specified and can be shown in CHARMM output by the varable name shown
in above parenthese.
CLOSe is used to close the UNIT channel.


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31) The TRANslate command

The TRANslate command will cause the position of the rigid domain
to be translated. The translation step may be specified by either X,Y, and Z
displacements, or by a distance along the specified vector. When no distance
is specified, The XDIR,YDIR, and ZDIR values will be the step vector. If a
distance may be specified, the translation will be along the vector for a
distance of DIST.


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32) The WRITe command

The WRITe command will write a map object to a map file. Currectly,
only CCP4 format is available. Option DDR specify the Laplacian filtered
density will be written out, and CORE specify the core indics will be
written out. The map file can be either specified by NAME or UNIT. The UNIT
number must be opened with:
OPEN UNFOrmatted EMAP UNIT int NAME string
When using OPEN to open a map file, the FORMat must be specified:
EMAP WRITE UNIT integer FORM [CCP4|MAP|MRC]


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MAP object Manipulation Values


There are some variables that can be used in titles or
Here is a summary and description of each variable.

EMAP QUERy MAPId
?EMMX,?EMMY,?EMMZ begining grid number in x,y,z directions
?EMLX,?EMLY,?EMLZ numbers of grids in x,y,z directions
?EMDX,?EMDY,?EMDZ grid sizes in x,y,z directions
?EMCX,?EMCY,?EMCZ rotation center coordinates
?EMMM,?EMMN minimum, maximun densities
?EMNC number of core grids
EMAP QUERy RIGId and EMAP DIFF RIGId cc RIGID cc
?EMTX,?EMTY,?EMTZ translation vector
?EMXX,?EMYX,?EMZX,?EMXY,?EMYY,?EMZY,?EMXZ,?EMYZ,?EMZZ rotation matrix
EMAP TRAJ READ UNIT nn RIGId cc
?EMNST frame id
?EMNSR rigid id
?EMENG map energy
?EMENGM minimum energy over the history
EMAP INTEraction
?EMENG The interaction energies consist of
?EMCORE VDW core interaction ,
?EMELE electrostatic interaction ,
?EMSOLV desolvation energy ,
?EMCONS contact energy .
?EMENGM stores the minimum energy over the history.
EMAP SCORe
?EMSCORE binding score calculated with empirical score funciton
EMAP CORRelation
?EMCT The correlation value calculated by the CORRelation command.
EMAP CONStraint
DYNA|ENERgy
?EEMAP map constraint energy


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Examples to use EMAP module


1. Read in map file and creat a map object
EMAP READ map NAME "a7n.ccp4"

2.Read in PDB files and creat segments

OPEN READ UNIT 16 CARD NAME a7na.pdb
READ SEGId a7na UNIT 16

OPEN READ UNIT 17 CARD NAME a7nb.pdb
READ SEGId a7nb UNIT 16

3. Generate map objects from structures
EMAP GENErate mapa SELEct SEGId a7na END
EMAP GENErate mapb SELEct SEGId a7nb END

4. Assign rigid domains for fitting
EMAP ASSIgn mapa AS riga SELE SEGId a7na END
EMAP ASSIgn mapb AS rigb SELE SEGId a7nb END

5. Perform GTMC fitting with default parameters
EMAP DOCK GTMC MAPId map RIGId riga RIGId rigb

6. Perform GTMC fitting with defined parameters
EMAP DOCK GTMC MAPId map RIGId riga RIGId rigb ntran 3 nrot 3 -
ncyc 50 nstep 100 tran 15 rota 30 CORE DDR

7. Perform GTMC fitting with many-body search approach
EMAP DOCK GTMC MAPId map RIGId riga RIGId rigb many ntran 2 nrot 2 -
ncyc 50 nstep 100 tran 15 rota 30 DDR

8. Project rigid domain to obtain fitted coordinates
EMAP PROJ RIGA SELE SEGI A7NA END
EMAP PROJ RIGB SELE SEGI A7NB END

9. Compare the fitting of each rigid domain
EMAP CORR MAPID MAP RIGID RIGA DDR CORE
EMAP CORR MAPID MAP RIGID RIGB DDR CORE

10. Generate the result map: mapn
EMAP DUPLicate MAPID map TO mapn
EMAP INITial mapn
EMAP ADD riga TO mapn
EMAP ADD rigb TO mapn
EMAP SUM mapn

11. Read in a PDB file and create segments with given coordinates
and build missing coordinates
OPEN READ UNIT 10 CARD NAME 1B5S.PDB
READ SEGID B5S PDB BUILD SETUP UNIT 10

AUTOGEN DIHE ANGLE
IC PARA
IC BUILD

12. Dock a protein represented by rigid domain pep2 into a protein represented
by a molecular map pep1 based on map interactions
EMAP DOCK FMAP GTMC MAPI PEP1 RIGI PEP2 -
NTRA 3 NROT 3 NCYC 10 NSTEP 1000 TEMP 300

13. Dock a protein represented by a rigid domain rigb into a protein represented
by a molecular map mapa.
Considering one half of the mapa for the GTMC grid for the receptor
and only using grid points for rigb within a predefined box.

! Get a vector for the receptor so that we can split
! the docking into 2 directions and perform 2 at once on 2 cpus.
! get the vectors for the binding sites
COOR STAT SELE RECEPTOR END
SET RECX ?XAVE
SET RECY ?YAVE
SET RECZ ?ZAVE
! since we are using 180 degrees this vector can be anything resonable
CALC RECX = @RECX + 1
CALC RECY = @RECY + 1
CALC RECZ = @RECZ + 1

! try getting the box dimensions for the Ligand
COOR STAT SELE LIGSUBSET END
SET LGX1 = ?XMIN
SET LGX2 = ?XMAX
SET LGY1 = ?YMIN
SET LGY2 = ?YMAX
SET LGZ1 = ?ZMIN
SET LGZ2 = ?ZMAX
CALC LGX1 = @LGX1 + 2
CALC LGX2 = @LGX2 + 2
CALC LGY1 = @LGY1 + 2
CALC LGY2 = @LGY2 + 2
CALC LGZ1 = @LGZ1 + 2
CALC LGZ2 = @LGZ2 + 2

! Note ANGL1 is 90 so that we have a 180 degree search (+90 to -90)
! Note ANGL2 is 180 so that we cover the entire 360 degrees
! The LGX1...LGZ2 parameters will limit the grid points taken
EMAP DOCK FMAP GTMC MAPI MAPA RIGI RIGB TRAN 2.0 ROTA 10 -
NTRA 6 NROT 6 NCYC 10 NSTEP 30 TEMP 300 DTCO 1000.0 traj 1 -
SX1 @RECX SY1 @RECY SZ1 @RECZ ANG1 90 ANG2 180 -
LGX1 @LGX1 LGX2 @LGX2 LGY1 @LGY1 LGY2 @LGY2 LGZ1 @LGZ1 LGZ2 @LGZ2

14.flexible fitting a system to an EM mapa

! Read in protein system
OPEN READ FORM UNIT 16 NAME @A7N.PSF
READ PSF CARD UNIT 16

! Read in protein coordinates
OPEN READ UNIT 17 CARD NAME @A7N.COR
READ COOR UNIT 17 CARD

! read in EM map
EMAP READ MAP0 NAME "a7n.ccp4"

! Define atoms to be constrained
EMAP REFE MAP0 SELE ALL END

! define rigid domain to represent the constraint map
EMAP ASSI MAP0 AS RIG0

! active map constraint
EMAP CONS 0.05 RIG0

! flexible fitting simulation
DYNA LEAP STRT NSTEP 10000

15. targeted conformation search with MAPSGLD

!!!search complex conformation with domain structures maintained
! generate map objects from structures. These atoms are constrained atoms
EMAP GENERATE MAPA SELECT SEGID A7NA END
EMAP GENERATE MAPB SELECT SEGID A7NB END

! define rigid domain to represent the constraint map
EMAP ASSI MAPA AS RIGA
EMAP ASSI MAPB AS RIGB

! active movable map constraints to hold a-chain and b-chain structures.
EMAP CONS 0.1 RIGA RIGB MOVE

! MAPSGLD simulation to search complex structures
SCAL FBETA 1.0

DYNA LEAP STRT NSTEP 10000 -
SGLD TSGAVG 1.0 SGFT 1.0 TBATH 300