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Guide<br />

Chapter 2: Using <strong>Prime</strong>–Structure Prediction<br />

When this check box is selected, the <strong>Prime</strong> Guide is displayed (the default). Deselect the check<br />

box to hide the Guide.<br />

Input Sequence<br />

Click this option to go to the Input Sequence step.<br />

Find Homologs<br />

Click this option to go to the Find Homologs step.<br />

There is an option to click to go to each step in <strong>Prime</strong>–SP. A red diamond is displayed next to<br />

the option to go to the current step. Options to go to steps that are not available are dimmed.<br />

2.4 The <strong>Prime</strong> Toolbar<br />

The <strong>Prime</strong> toolbar is the row of buttons just under the <strong>Prime</strong> menu bar. The <strong>Prime</strong> toolbar<br />

provides convenient access to commonly used <strong>Prime</strong> tasks. Pause the mouse over a button to<br />

see its description. These task modes are also available as options in the Edit and Display<br />

menus. The toolbar buttons are shown below as they appear on the toolbar, with their names<br />

and functions.<br />

Select (Edit menu): Select a region of the sequence to see the corresponding residues<br />

highlighted in the 3D Workspace.<br />

Crop (Edit menu): The cropping tool, which can be used in the Build Structure step<br />

to select ends of the query sequence that are not to be used for building.<br />

Edit SSP (Edit menu): Edit secondary structure predictions. Highlight a region of<br />

the SSP, and then type either H for α-helix, E for β-strand, or - for loop.<br />

Set Template Regions (Edit menu): If more than one template was selected in the<br />

Find Homologs step, use this button in the Build Structure step to proceed to the<br />

mode that allows selection of template regions for building.<br />

Slide Freely (Edit menu): Use this button to edit the alignment between query and<br />

template. Selecting a residue and sliding to the right creates N-terminal gaps.<br />

Selecting a residue and sliding to the left creates C-terminal gaps.<br />

Slide As Block (Edit menu): Use this button to edit the alignment between query and<br />

template. Selecting a residue and sliding to the right creates N-terminal gaps.<br />

Selecting a residue and sliding to the left slides all residues as a block to the left.<br />

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