iview: an interactive WebGL visualizer for protein-ligand complex

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 1 Full features of iview

Category	Features
File format input	PDB
	PDBQT
Camera	perspective
	orthographic
Background	black
	grey
	white
Structure coloring	atom spectrum
	protein chain
	protein secondary structure
	B factor
	residue name
	residue polarity
	atom type
Primary structure	line
	stick
	ball & stick
	sphere
	dot
Secondary structure	ribbon
	strand
	cylinder & plate
	C alpha trace
	B factor tube
Protein surface	Van der Waals surface
	solvent excluded surface
	solvent accessible surface
	molecular surface
Proteins surface opacity	1.0
	0.9
	0.8
	0.7
	0.6
	0.5
Protein surface wireframe	yes
	no
Atom and residue labeling	yes
	no
Virtual reality effect	anaglyph
	parallax barrier
	oculus rift
Canvas manipulation	mouse
	hand touch
Manipulation mode	rotation
	translation
	zooming
	slab
Canvas export	png

iview is the only web visualizer that is accelerated by GPU hardware and supports three unique features: protein surface construction, virtual reality effects, and PDBQT format input.

ISSN: 1471-2105