10. Mol* (Molstar): Program Version, Download, & Additional Resources

Links and Version

Mol* is a web-based molecular modeling program and requires no download. It is fully integrated into RSCB PDB as the default viewer. All instructions in this tutorial will start at the RSCB PDB Home Page and refer to the commands and interface presented with each PDB entry.  If you are using the full version of the program from the Mol* Program page there might be slight changes in the interface, such as additional panels.

About

Mol* (/’molstar/) is a web-based open-source toolkit for visualisation and analysis of large-scale molecular data. Accessed through the Summary Page for PDB structures in the database, Mol* Viewer allows the 3D Visualization of these structures and ligand binding sites and can be used in conjunction with other informational tools within the PDB, such as sequence annotations.  The viewer can support visualization of hundreds of superimposed protein structures simultaneously, as well as other data intensive tasks.

Visit the Mol* Home Page for full capabilities and interactive examples.

Lead References

Sehnal, D., Bittrich, S., Deshpande, M., Svobodová, R., Berka, K., Bazgier, V., … & Rose, A. S. (2021). Mol* Viewer: modern web app for 3D visualization and analysis of large biomolecular structures. Nucleic acids research, 49(W1), W431-W437. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab314