Features include the ability to read and write structure
(read.pdb, write.pdb,
read.fasta.pdb), sequence (read.fasta,
write.fasta) and dynamics trajectory data
(read.dcd, read.ncdf, write.ncdf).
Perform sequence and structure database searches (blast.pdb,
hmmer), atom summaries (summary.pdb), atom selection
(atom.select), alignment (pdbaln, seqaln,
mustang) superposition (rot.lsq, fit.xyz),
pdbfit), rigid core identification (core.find, plot.core,
fit.xyz), dynamic domain analysis (geostas), torsion/dihedral analysis
(torsion.pdb, torsion.xyz), clustering (via
hclust), principal component analysis
(pca.xyz, pca.pdbs, pca.tor, plot.pca,
plot.pca.loadings, mktrj.pca), dynamical
cross-correlation analysis (dccm, plot.dccm) and correlation network analysis (cna, plot.cna, cnapath) of structure data.
Perform conservation analysis of sequence (seqaln, conserv,
seqidentity, entropy, consensus)
and structural (pdbaln, rmsd,
rmsf, core.find) data.
Perform normal mode analysis (nma, build.hessian), ensemble normal
mode analysis (nma.pdbs), mode comparison
(rmsip) and (overlap), atomic fluctuation
prediction (fluct.nma), cross-correlation analysis
(dccm.nma), cross-correlation visualization (pymol.dccm),
deformation analysis (deformation.nma), and mode visualization
(pymol.modes, mktrj.nma).
In addition, various utility functions are provided to facilitate
manipulation and analysis of biological sequence and structural data
(e.g. get.pdb, get.seq, aa123,
aa321, pdbseq, aln2html, atom.select,
rot.lsq, fit.xyz, is.gap, gap.inspect,
orient.pdb, pairwise, plot.bio3d, plot.nma, plot.blast, biounit, etc.).