MSMS

flat.msms

Module for computing molecular surfaces using MSMS

Installation

MSMS can be installed with by downloading precompiled binaries from: msms/downloads

flat.msms.msms(selection='polymer', state=1, density=3.0, name='msms', filename=None, *, exe='msms', _self=cmd)
DESCRIPTION

Run MSMS on the given selection and load the generated surface as a CGO.

USAGE

msms [ selection [, state [, density [, name [, filename ]]]]]

ARGUMENTS
selectionstr, optional

Atom selection.

stateint, default = 1

Object state.

densityfloat, default = 3.0

MSMS triangulation density. Typical values are 1.0 for large molecules (>1000 atoms) and 3.0 for smaller molecules.

namestr, default = ‘msms’

Name of CGO object to create

filenamestr, default = None

Name of output file(s) (without extension).

SOURCE

From PSICO (c) 2010-2012 Thomas Holder, MPI for Developmental Biology