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MolViewSpec: describe, share, and reproduce Mol* molecular scenes

09/22 wwPDB News

<I>Graphical abstract from</I> MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizationsGraphical abstract from MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizations

MolViewSpec is a new Mol* extension to create molecular scenes that allows users to:

  • Describe molecular scenes: what to load (structures, maps, annotations) and how to show it (representations, colours, labels, measurements, custom 3D shapes…). You can mix data types (structural, volumetric, annotations) in one scene with consistent styling.
  • Share: to use the scenes, simply open the spec in Mol* in the browser or use the standalone Python package for scripted workflows.
  • Reproduce: scenes make visuals reproducible across browsers, collaborators, and notebooks. No more “how did you make that figure?”.
  • Automate figure creation and analysis by generating specs from Python pipelines.

Learn more and try examples at molstar.org

Read more:

MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizations
Adam Midlik, Sebastian Bittrich, Jennifer R Fleming, Sreenath Nair, Sameer Velankar, Stephen K Burley, Jasmine Y Young, Brinda Vallat, David Sehnal
(2025) Nucleic Acids Research 53: W408–W414 10.1093/nar/gkaf370

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