eF-surf Help
How to use
STEP-1: Up load a PDB format file.
- Upload a PDB format file
- Input your e-mail address
- Optionally, you can give a title to your calculation (free format).
And press the Submit button. Then you will see a web page as follows;
STEP-2: Check an e-mail and access to the Job-start page
You will receive an e-mail like a ...
Please follow the link appeared in the e-mail ,then you will see the Job-start page as follows.
STEP-3: Start the calculation
As in the example of the Job-start page below, you will find a start button and a cancel button.
If the uploaded file name and title of your job is correct, please push the start button. Otherwise, please push the cancel button to cancel your job submission. If you push the start button, you will see the following Job-control page.
In this page you can see the status of the calculation.
STEP-4: Access to the calculation result
When the calculation is finished, you will receive another e-mail like a ...
Please follow the link in the e-mail, you will reach to the result page as follows.
You can download efvet file and efvet-XML file with two different color schemes, one is the default color scheme (shown below as a color bar) and the other for the coloring according only to the electrostatic potential.
The format of the efvet XML file is described in the XML schema for efvet. You can also download the object file that can be used with molscript. The format of the object file in molscript is described here.
That's it! However, if you find some difficulties, do not hesitate to contact us from here.
FAQ
1. How long will it takes to finish the calculation?
The calculation time will largely depend on the size of the protein. Usually, it will take 1-2 hours. Please note that the calculation exceed 6 hours will terminated to reduce the server load.
2. What is require for calculation?
eF-surf only needs a coordinate file in PDB format.