MutationHighlighter

This is an extension package for UCSF Chimera that visualizes missense mutations with unknown significance that could be causes of rare genetic diseases.

This package allows users to see where the potentially problematic residues are in certain proteins as well as their possible effects on their neighbor residues by highlighting the hydrogen bonds.

The following picture is a protein called Lactate dehydrogenase A(LDHA) with its mutations obtained from ClinVar database.

@author: Shuto Araki

@created: December, 2017

Requirements

UCSF Chimera Production version 1.11.2 or above Download the software here.

Install Procedure

1. Download this repository.
2. Open the UCSF Chimera.
3. Go to Preferences >> Tools
4. Add the path to wherever you saved the repository to Locations section.
5. On the same settings page, also check IDLE and add it on your toolbar.
6. Open the IDLE from home screen and type

import MutationHighlighter.gui 

7. There will be a new icon on your toolbar and that's my package!