UCSF ChimeraX version 1.9 has been released!
ChimeraX includes user documentation and is free for noncommercial use.
Download for Windows, Linux, and MacOS from:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html
Updates since version 1.8 (June 2024) include:
– Foldseek search and analysis of large sets of similar structures
– Find Cavities tool and “kvfinder” command to identify pockets
and channels in macromolecules
– optional residue-level summaries of H-bond and contact calculations
– “mutationscores” command for analysis and plotting of results
from deep mutational scanning
– “surface hidefarblobs” command for colocalization analysis of
light microscopy channels
– raycasting option for medical images or other maps displayed as
transparent volumes
– selection can be expanded to all residues associated with the same
column(s) in a sequence alignment
– protein structure metadata can be updated with full chain sequences
– missing-structure pseudobonds are labeled with the number of missing
residues (default, can be turned off in preferences)
For details, please see the ChimeraX change log:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/wiki/ChangeLog
There is a RSC CICAG workshop on using ChimeraX here