RasMol Tools for Visualizing Immunoglobulin, MHC, and Other Molecules

Microbiology 542: Immunology Lab
Microbiology 540: Immunology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

RasMol "Movie" Scripts prepared for Microbiology 540.

Download RasMol (available for Macintosh as well as Windows) from the RasMol Home Page, where you can also get the Microbiology 540 Class "Movie" Scripts for RasMol (get the ones on antibody and MHC). Animated tutorials on many other molecules are available here as well.

Protein Data Base (PDB) molecular coordinate files

• RasMol Quick Start is a guide to exploring molecules for beginners.
• 1FDL.PDB: Immunoglobulin G1 Fab dimer
• IGDOMAIN.PDB: A single Ig domain (light chain constant domain excerpted from 1FDL.PDB).
• ???.PDB: Immunoglobulin G1 Fab bound to lysozyme antigen.
• ???.PDB: Major Histocompatibility type I bound to peptide.
• ???.PDB Major Histocompatibility type II bound to peptide.