This is a fully ready-to-use molecular visualization (molecular imaging) system for use in structural biology.
It allows to create high-quality three-dimensional images of both small molecules and biological macromolecules, primarily proteins.
About a quarter of all published images of protein structures in the scientific literature are made with PyMOL.
Features include:
- Visualization of molecules, molecular trajectories and surfaces of crystallography data or orbitals;
- Molecular builder and sculptor;
- Internal raytracer and movie generator;
- Fully extensible and scriptable via a Python interface.
File formats PyMOL can read include PDB, XYZ, CIF, MDL Molfile, ChemDraw, CCP4 maps, XPLOR maps and Gaussian cube maps.