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GMX-HELIXORIENT(1)		    GROMACS		    GMX-HELIXORIENT(1)

NAME
       gmx-helixorient	-  Calculate  local pitch/bending/rotation/orientation
       inside helices

SYNOPSIS
	  gmx helixorient [-s [<.tpr>]]	[-f [<.xtc/.trr/...>]] [-n [<.ndx>]]
		       [-oaxis [<.dat>]] [-ocenter [<.dat>]] [-orise [<.xvg>]]
		       [-oradius [<.xvg>]] [-otwist [<.xvg>]]
		       [-obending [<.xvg>]] [-otilt [<.xvg>]] [-orot [<.xvg>]]
		       [-b <time>] [-e <time>] [-dt <time>] [-xvg <enum>]
		       [-[no]sidechain]	[-[no]incremental]

DESCRIPTION
       gmx helixorient calculates the coordinates and direction	of the average
       axis inside an alpha helix, and the direction/vectors of	both the  Cal-
       pha and (optionally) a sidechain	atom relative to the axis.

       As  input,  you need to specify an index	group with Calpha atoms	corre-
       sponding	to an alpha-helix of continuous	residues. Sidechain directions
       require a second	index group of the same	 size,	containing  the	 heavy
       atom in each residue that should	represent the sidechain.

       Note that this program does not do any fitting of structures.

       We  need	 four  Calpha coordinates to define the	local direction	of the
       helix axis.

       The tilt/rotation is calculated from Euler rotations, where  we	define
       the  helix  axis	 as the	local x-axis, the residues/Calpha vector as y,
       and the z-axis from their cross product.	We use the Euler  Y-Z-X	 rota-
       tion,  meaning we first tilt the	helix axis (1) around and (2) orthogo-
       nal to the residues vector, and finally apply the (3)  rotation	around
       it. For debugging or other purposes, we also write out the actual Euler
       rotation	angles as theta[1-3].xvg

OPTIONS
       Options to specify input	files:

       -s [<.tpr>] (topol.tpr)
	      Portable xdr run input file

       -f [<.xtc/.trr/...>] (traj.xtc)
	      Trajectory: xtc trr cpt gro g96 pdb tng

       -n [<.ndx>] (index.ndx) (Optional)
	      Index file

       Options to specify output files:

       -oaxis [<.dat>] (helixaxis.dat)
	      Generic data file

       -ocenter	[<.dat>] (center.dat)
	      Generic data file

       -orise [<.xvg>] (rise.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       -oradius	[<.xvg>] (radius.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       -otwist [<.xvg>]	(twist.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       -obending [<.xvg>] (bending.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       -otilt [<.xvg>] (tilt.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       -orot [<.xvg>] (rotation.xvg)
	      xvgr/xmgr	file

       Other options:

       -b <time> (0)
	      Time of first frame to read from trajectory (default unit	ps)

       -e <time> (0)
	      Time of last frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps)

       -dt <time> (0)
	      Only use frame when t MOD	dt = first time	(default unit ps)

       -xvg <enum> (xmgrace)
	      xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr, none

       -[no]sidechain (no)
	      Calculate	sidechain directions relative to helix axis too.

       -[no]incremental	(no)
	      Calculate	incremental rather than	total rotation/tilt.

SEE ALSO
       gmx(1)

       More	information    about	GROMACS	   is	 available    at    <-
       http://www.gromacs.org/>.

COPYRIGHT
       2025, GROMACS development team

2025.0				 Feb 10, 2025		    GMX-HELIXORIENT(1)

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