Membrane tree

After creating a protein database you can generate a membrane tree on the left side of the membrane editor window.

The membrane tree consists of three categories:

If you want to edit the membrane tree, you must drag a protein from the protein database tree and drop it on the membran tree. If the file you want to drop to the membrane model does not exist in the default file directory /Files, then the add-process is cancelled.

If you drop the protein on one of the categories, you will be asked to create a new component. In order to do this, you have to enter a componentname, proteinname and the ratio between the protein and the lipids in the membrane.

If you drop the protein on an existing component, then only a proteinname has to be entered and the protein will be added to this component. In addition, you only have to give the protein a name, if you drop the protein on an proteinnode in the membrane tree. Then the dragged protein will be added to the component, the proteinnode belongs to.

It is not allowed to drop the protein on the root of the membrane tree!

There are some possibilities to change the membrane tree by right-clicking on the membraneroot, component- or proteinnode:

After you have created a membrane tree, you can position one protein in the membrane in the protein preview or you can generate a membrane model.