I like Topdraw very much, have been using it since 2005. But as far as i understand it will not "make a topological
figure of my protein with a b-sheet and helix based on its crystal structure". It is a drawing tool to help you make
your own topology drawing. (I will be very happy to learn if I am wrong about that).

The correct answer from my point of view is Pro-Origami, which did not show up in the first page of hits. I had a chance
to play with it a little, and it does a very nice job of organizing beta sheets, for example with 1RIE. I would probably
take its output as a starting point for making my own diagram with topdraw. It is not so useful with helices - a
4-helix bundle which I would draw as parallel up and down cylinders was drawn in a straight line one after the other -
like chain C of 1ppj.

So there are at least 3 things people mean by a protein topology program- one that defines the secondary structure, like
espript, one that gives you drawing tools to make your own based on the output of those programs, like TopDraw, and one
with artificial intelligence that automates the whole thing like ProOrigami. I am aware that the pdbsum website has
nice topology drawings, didn't realize you could use it on your own undeposited structures.
eab

Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
> My point was that the second hit in the google list, was the CCP4's own program to make topology diagrams.
>
> There was no issue of installing anything - it was an issue of looking if ccp4 has a program that makes
> topology diagrams. If you don't like that program, you could ask "is there another program other than ccp4's TopDraw
> to make topological diagrams?". Asking the ccp4bb without looking at the ccp4 list of software
> for what you are looking for, is - in my view - sloppy and shows lack of effort. Possibly I am too demanding.
>
> I should add, that if you type to google something like "topology diagram protein structure" you get lots
> of useful hits, including PDBSUM and Pro-Origami, in the first page.
>
> I do not want to discourage people asking question in the bb, but at the same time I think that
> some problem solving hierarchy of the order 'google it' -> 'ask your lab-mates' -> 'ask your boss' ->
> 'mail 5,000 people' can save everybody lots of time, can help people to grow, and might even make
> the bb more fun.
>
> My two cents - and sorry for the long and likely unnecessary and redundant email.
>
> A.
>
>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Edward A. Berry <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>> Still, I would second Lisa's question. Your google search gives a lot of false hits, and one doesn't want to
>> download and install a dozen programs (with license forms to fill out in some cases) to see which one works, when
>> Partha can tell us that Pro-origami will do it and provide a link to the description. Seems to be just what I've
>> been looking for. Thanks, Partha!
>>
>> Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 9 Mar 2013, at 12:11, Jon Agirre wrote:
>>
>> Espript will do. http://espript.ibcp.fr <http://espript.ibcp.fr/>
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, if you want a topology diagram, espipt will not do. Brilliant as it may be, it will annotate the
>> topology linearly
>> on top of a set of aligned sequences (and more!).
>>
>> As for a topology diagram, I could not resist pasting your question to google - its a good thing to do before
>> pasting
>> the question
>> in your email client - it can give you a strange sense of satisfaction and us (or at least me) less Saturday
>> morning fun.
>>
>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%5Bccp4%__5D+how+to+make+protein+__topology+figure+based+on+its+__structure
>> <http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%5Bccp4%5D+how+to+make+protein+topology+figure+based+on+its+structure>
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On 9 Mar 2013 11:52, "LISA" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I want to make a topological figure of my protein with a b-sheet and helix based on its crystal structure.
>> Please
>> recommend some online sever of software?
>> Thank you.
>>
>> lisa
>>
>>
>>
>>
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