ATOM SELECTION
Atom selection is used for many commands within CHARMM.
Its existance is one of the main factors in the versatility of CHARMM.
* Menu:
* Syntax:: Syntax of the sequential selection
* Double:: Double atom selections
* Function:: Descriptions of the various sequential options
Recursive Atom Selection Syntax
[SYNTAX SELEction]
.... SELEction <factor> [SHOW] END ....
Listed in priority order (low to high)
(operators not separated by a blank line are processed sequentially)
<factor>:== <factor> .OR. <factor>
<factor> .AND. <factor>
<factor> .AROUND. <real>
<factor> .SUBSET. <int*>
<factor> .SUBSET. <int1> : <int2>
.NOT. <factor>
.BONDED. <factor>
.BYRES. <factor>
.BYGROUP. <factor>
( <factor> )
<token>
<keyname>
<token>::= SEGId <segid>*
SEGId <segid1> : <segid2>
ISEG <segnum1> : <segnum2>
RESId <resid>*
RESId <resid1> : <resid2>
IRES <resnum1> : <resnum2>
RESName <resname>*
RESName <resn1> : <resn2>
IGROup <grpnum1> : <grpnum2>
TYPE <type>*
TYPE <type1> : <type2>
CHEMical <chem>*
CHEMical <chem1> : <chem2>
ATOM <segid>* <resid>* <type>*
PROPerty [ABS]<prop><.LT.|.GT.|.EQ.|.NE.|.GE.|.LE.|.AE.><real>
POINt <x-coor><y-coor><z-coor> [CUT <rmax>] [PERIodic]
BYNUnumber <int>*
BYNU <int1> : <int2>
INITial
LONE
HYDRogen
USER
PREVious
RECAll <integer>
ALL
NONE
where '*' allows wildcard specifications:
* matches any string of characters (including none),
% matches any single character,
# matches any string of digits (including none),
+ matches any single digit.
Double atom selections
Some commands allow (or require) a double atom selection.
SYNTAX:
command ... SELE first-selection-spec END [ SELE second-selection-spec END ]
If no atom selection is passed, both selection arrays have all
atoms selected.
If only one atom selection is specified, both selection arrays
will contain that atom selection.
If an error is found, both atoms selections will have no atoms
selected, and the appropriate error processing will occur.
Description of Atom Selection Features
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1) Wildcard specification
* matches any string of characters (including none),
% matches any single character,
# matches any string of digits (including none),
+ matches any single digit.
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2) Range specification
Ranges are indicated by ':' and are defined by the lexigraphical
of SEGID's, RESNames, TYPEs, a combination of numerical
and lexigraphical order for RESId's (see routine SPLITI) and
by numerical order for BYNUmber specifications.
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3) Keyname option
The user may specify keynames with the DEFIne command (see MISCOM).
Each keyname corresponds to a particular atom selection. Keynames
are processed before tokens, so if there is a naming conflict, the
keyname will prevail. Keynames may not be abreviated. Whenever
the PSF is modified and the number of atoms changes ALL keynames
are removed.
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4) User specified selection
USER represents a user selection which should be defined in the
user subroutine USRSEL.
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5) Around atom specification
The operation <factor> .AROund. <real> finds all atoms within a
distance <real> around the atoms specified in <factor>. For this
operation it must be (QCOOR = .TRUE.) and all coordinates should
be known. Otherwise a warning message is printed.
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6) Around a spatial point option
The token POINt <xcoor><ycoor><zcoor> CUT <rmax> selects all
atoms within a sphere around point (x,y,z) with radius rmax.
The default value for rmax is 8.0. If the keyword PERIodic
is present AND simple periodic boundary conditions are in effect
through the use of the MIPB command, the selection reflects
the appropriate periodic boundaries. See *note MIPB:(images.doc)
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7) Selection by residues as a whole
The function <factor> .BYRes. includes all atoms in a residue
which contains at least one atom selected in <factor>.
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8) Selection based on atom properties
The token INITial selects all atoms with known coordinates.
The token LONE selects all lone pairs (based on a mass selection).
The token HYDRogen selects all hydrogens (based on a mass selection).
These selections use the CHARMM intrinsic routines INITIAL, HYDROG
and LONE.
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9) Use of previous selection
The token PREVious will start from the current contents of the
atom selection array. This feature only works for commands
where atom selection storage is permanent, and is usally local
to a specific command type. For example, the PREVious token within
graphics will be the last atom selection previously used in
graphics, even if an atom selection was requested later in a non
graphics application. At some point, this command will be made to
be consistant, but for now, use it if it works. If not, the DEFINE
command is better.
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10) Selecting based on connectivity
Atoms can be selected based on connectivity. For example
if one wants to spin a methyl group by 30 degrees, the following
command sequence may be used:
DEFINE CARBON SELE selected-carbon-atom END
DEFINE TOMOVE SELE TYPE H* .AND .BONDED. CARBON END
IF ?NSEL .NE. 3 GOTO ERROR
DEFINE SECOND SELE .NOT. TYPE H* .AND. .BONDED. CARBON END
IF ?NSEL .NE. 1 GOTO ERROR
COOR AXIS SELE CARBON END SELE SECOND END
COOR ROTATE AXIS SELE TOMOVE END PHI 30.0
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11) Selecting subsets of atoms by index.
Atoms may be selected by index on a subselection. For example,
if one wants to analyze a set of interesting atoms, the sequence
might be:
DEFINE INTERESTING SELE interesting-atoms END
SET N ?NSEL
SET I 0
LABEL LOOP
INCREMENT I BY 1
COOR DIST SELE INTERESTING .SUBSET. @I END SELE ALL END ...
IF @I .LT. @N GOTO LOOP
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12) Selection based on atom properties
The token PROPerty <prop> : selects all atoms which have
the specified property relative to a selected value.
The allowed properties are: "1" and <keyname>
"1" - The active weighting array (WMAIN or WCOMP)
(This old construct works only when properties are actually present)
keyname - An array keyname (from the SCALar command syntax)
The currently allowed keynames include:
X Y Z WMAIn XCOMp YCOMp ZCOMp WCOMp
DX DY DZ ECONt EPCOnt MASS CHARge CONStrai
XREF YREF ZREF FBETa MOVE TYPE IGNOre ASPValue
VDWSurfa ALPHa EFFEct RADIus RSCAle FDIM FDCOns FDEQ
SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA4 SCA5 SCA6 SCA7 SCA8
SCA9 ZERO ONE
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13) Atom selection substitution parameters
During each invocation of the atom-selection, the following substitution
parameters are specified:
'NSEL' - Number of selected atoms from the most recent atom selection.
'SELATOM' - Atom number of first selected atom
'SELCHEM' - Chemical type of first selected atom
'SELIRES' - Residue number of first selected atom
'SELISEG' - Segment number of first selected atom
'SELRESI' - Resid of first selected atom
'SELRESN' - Residue type of first selected atom
'SELSEGI' - Segid of first selected atom
'SELTYPE' - Atom name of first selected atom
These may be used in any subsequent CHARMM command (NOT in the current command).
These definitions remain valid up to and including the next CHARMM command
that includes an atom selection. For commands with a double atom selection
the variables are defined by the final atom selection.
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Some examples of atom selections:
sele atom * * CA end !will include all C alphas in the list.
sele .not. type H* end !will include all atoms that are not hydrogens.
sele atom MAIN 1 * .around. 5.0 end
!will include all atoms that are within a sphere
of radius 5.0 around any atom of the residue
MAIN 1.
sele bynu 1 : 100 end !will include atoms number 1 to 100.
sele resid 1 : 10 .and. segid. MAIN -
.and. .not. ( type H .or. type N .or. type O ) end
!will include all the atoms of reside 1 to 10
in the segment MAIN except atoms H, N, and O.
sele bynu 1 .or. bynu 3 .or. bynu 5 .or. bynu 7 .or. bynu 8 -
bynu 11 .or. bynu 13 .or. bynu 15 .or. segid SOLV end
!will include atoms number 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13,
and 15, and the SOLV segment.
! to select side chain atoms in the polygen all atom parameter set
! where mb is the myoglobin protein
sele segid mb .and. .not. ( type n .or. type ca .or. type c .or. -
type o .or. type oct* .or. type ha* .or. type hn .or. type ht* ) end
sele prop abs charge .gt. 0.5 end
! select all atoms with charge > 0.5 or charge < -0.5
sele prop radius .gt. 3.0 end ! select all large atoms (radius>3.0).
NIH/DCRT/Laboratory for Structural Biology
FDA/CBER/OVRR Biophysics Laboratory
Modified, updated and generalized by C.L. Brooks, III
The Scripps Research Institute