6.8 Add fragments

VEGA ZZ can edit and build molecules adding new fragments.  This feature is based on the integrated database engine that allows the use of standard fragment libraries and the creation of personalized too.
Selecting the Edit Add Fragments menu item, the following wizard is shown:

 

Select database and fragment

 

As first step, you must select the Group library and the Fragment. The library is automatically opened clicking on the group name. If Inherit residue name option is checked, the added fragment inherits the residue name, the residue number and the chain ID from the main molecule. Checking Inc. residue number, the residue number is automatically incremented starting from the specified number every time that a new fragment is added. That's useful to build a biopolymer.

 

Click Next

 

When you click on the fragment name, its 3D structure is shown in the main window. Select Where to place the fragment in the atom list (After the selected atom, At the residue end and At the molecule end).  Press Next button to continue.

 

Pick a fragment hydrogen

 

Now you must click the fragment hydrogen in the main window that will be merged with another one of the molecule to make the bond. Press Next to continue.

 

Pick a fragment hydrogen

 

Selecting the molecule hydrogen and clicking Next button, the bond will be completed.

 

Set the torsion

 

At the end, you can adjust the torsion angle between the molecule and the fragment clicking the torsion buttons. Click Finish to place definitively the fragment. Now the tool is ready to bind another fragment to the molecule.
Please remember that when the workspace is empty (no molecule loaded), only the first wizard step is operative and Previous button, when active, allows to go to the previous wizard step.

The fragment libraries are zip files placed in the Data/Fragments folder and they are created by Database Explorer. You can use this tool to change/expand the standard database. The preferred file format to use in these libraries is IFF, because it can contain the largest number of information.