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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Comput Chem. 2014 Oct 18;35(32):2305–2318. doi: 10.1002/jcc.23753

Table 5.

Examples of tools and packages that are included with LOOS.

Core Tools
aligner Optimally align trajectory
contact-time Time-series of atom contacts
density-dist Electron, mass, or charge density along z-axis
merge-traj Merge and subsample trajectories
order_parameters Order parameters analogous to 2H quadrupolar splitting for lipid chains
rdf Radial distribution function
rmsds All-to-all RMSD for one or two trajectories
svd Singular Value Decomposition of a trajectory (PCA)
xy_rdf Radial distribution function in the x,y-plane

Convergence Package

block_average Block average of arbitrary time-series data
coscon Cosine content of a trajectory
decorr_time Decorrelation time of a trajectory
bcom, boot_bcom Block covariance overlap method for determining convergence and sampling

Density Package

blobid Segment a density grid and find non-contiguous blobs of density
grid2xplor Convert density grid to X-plor electron density map format for visualization
near_blobs Find residues in a trajectory that are near a blob of density
water-hist 3D histogram of atoms in a trajectory

Elastic Network Models

anm Anisotropic network model
enmovie Visualize ENM motions by generating a trajectory based on an ENM solution
vsa Vibrational subsystem analysis

Hydrogen Bonds

hbonds Find occupancies of putative hydrogen bonds in a trajectory
hcontacts Time-series of possible intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonds
hcorrelation Time-correlation of putative hydrogen bonds