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Molecule Viewer

(To be removed) Display and manipulate 3-D molecule structure

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The app will be removed in a future release.

Description

The Molecule Viewer app lets you display and manipulate 3-D molecular structures.

You can:

  • Import structural information directly from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) database or other supported files.

  • Measure distances and dihedral angles.

  • Display molecular surfaces, such as van der Waals or solvent-accessible surfaces.

  • Select different visualization and color schemes to display a molecule, such as the ribbon or backbone representation.

  • Run RasMol script commands from within the app.

Molecule Viewer app

Open the Molecule Viewer App

  • MATLAB® Toolstrip: On the Apps tab, under Computational Biology, click the app icon.

  • MATLAB command prompt: Enter molviewer.

Programmatic Use

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molviewer opens the Molecule Viewer app.

molviewer(file) reads the structural information from file and shows the 3-D molecular structure in the Molecule Viewer app.

molviewer(pdbID) retrieves the structural data for a protein from the PDB database using its pdbID and shows the 3-D molecular structure in the Molecule Viewer app.

Version History

Introduced in R2007a

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R2023a: Warns

The app issues a warning that it will be removed in a future release.