andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 24-9-2010 17:21, Giuela wrote:
> > I need to do an animation about bacteriorhodopsin, and I need to have the 3D
> > model of the bacteria; before starting do try to build it myself (taking lot of
> > time), has somebody the POV file or similar (for example mdl file for Moray) to
> > give me, or knows where I can find it?
> >
> > Thank you
>
> You can find the structure e.g. on
> http://www.pdbj.org/emnavi/emnavi_detail.php?id=pdb-1brd
> i.e. the position of all atoms (except hydrogen, you are supposed to
> figure those out yourself).
> Use blobs or ball and stick models to create the protein.
>
> It is a bit of work, but rather straightforward. You can e.g. paste the
> relevant portion in a spreadsheet, reorganize it so it only include the
> data you need and add pov-sdl in the columns where required. Export it
> as a textfile and you have a basic include file. Perhaps you need to
> write some macros also to make life easy.
>
> Unless someone wrote a pdb to pov convertor or something similar...
> There may be something usefull in
>
http://www.povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/Chemical_Molecular_Modelling_Programs/
>
> For the cell you need other references. but blobs may again be suited to
> get a basic shape.


Thank you Andrel for your suggestions.
I found the Pov Ray file of the bacteria at the address
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/jmol.do?structureId=1BRD&opt=3
Here it's possible to wiev in different ways and to save the image in different
formats, also in .pov.

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