mdtraj.compute_chi1

mdtraj.compute_chi1(traj, periodic=True, opt=True)

Calculate the chi1 torsions of a trajectory. chi1 is the first side chain torsion angle formed between the 4 atoms over the CA-CB axis.

Parameters

trajTrajectory

Trajectory for which you want dihedrals.

periodicbool, default=True

If periodic is True and the trajectory contains unitcell information, we will treat dihedrals that cross periodic images using the minimum image convention.

optbool, default=True

Use an optimized native library to calculate angles.

Returns

indicesnp.ndarray, shape=(n_chi, 4)

The indices of the atoms involved in each of the chi1 dihedral angles

anglesnp.ndarray, shape=(n_frames, n_chi)

The value of the dihedral angle for each of the angles in each of the frames.