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WebLab Viewer Exercise C: Publication Quality Structures withWebLabViewerLiteWebLabViewerLite is a free software from MSI,Inc. (http://www.msi.com) that runs equally wellon Macintosh or Wintel computers. The program can be downloaded fromhttp://www.msi.com/weblab/viewer/download.htmlThis software is in part based on Rasmol but it’s interface is very different. However it hasincorporated within it the Silicon Graphics 3D rendering language which makes it a very powerfulvisualization software and can help create publication-quality images on a desktop computer. A“Pro” version of the software is also available, it allows the modeling of side chains and othercomplex calculations.We will use only the Free Lite version in these exercises.For a quick overview of a protein the use of Rasmol or Chime might be more time efficient.WebLabViewer is completely mouse-driven with many menu options and choices. In additionWebLabViewer will let you save the file in the “visual state” that it is in, color choices, types ofrepresentations, lablels etc., therefore allowing you to save time the next time you want to explorethat particular file.1) Open the WebLabViewer program2) Open the PDB file3cro.pdb with the File/Open... menuTypically the program will show the structure in stick model with CPK colors when it opensa standard PDB file. Within the graphics window you can rotate the structure as symbolizedby the circular rotating arrow in the second position within the ...