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Erik Abrahamsson¹, Steven S Plotkin

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. erik@phas.ubc.ca

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|June 12, 2009

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Biomolecule Visualization with Ellipsoidal Coarse-graining (BioVEC) is an open-source C++ tool for visualizing molecular dynamics simulations. It renders coarse-grained residues as ellipsoids, supporting quaternion or ANISOU orientation data for movie creation.

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Area of Science:

Computational Biology
Biophysics
Molecular Modeling

Background:

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations generate large datasets requiring effective visualization tools.
Coarse-graining reduces complexity in MD simulations, but visualization of residue orientation remains challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Biomolecule Visualization with Ellipsoidal Coarse-graining (BioVEC), a novel visualization tool for MD simulation data.
To enable visualization of coarse-grained residues as ellipsoids, incorporating orientation information.

Main Methods:

BioVEC utilizes C++ and the OpenGL API for efficient rendering.
The tool processes configuration files from MD simulations, supporting quaternion or ANISOU orientation formats.
It renders trajectory frames into common image formats for movie generation.

Main Results:

BioVEC successfully visualizes coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation data with ellipsoidal representations.
The software supports user-defined settings for residue appearance and texture.
It is compatible with both Windows and Linux operating systems.

Conclusions:

BioVEC provides a lightweight, open-source solution for visualizing oriented coarse-grained molecular dynamics data.
The tool facilitates the creation of movie files from simulation trajectories.
BioVEC enhances the analysis and interpretation of complex biomolecular simulations.