GMX-WHEEL(1)

📦
version 2026.4 · 8 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💫 GMX-WHEEL(1) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the GROMACS manual page for gmx-wheel, and no you did not misread that, we are literally about to draw a spiral of amino acids and it's gonna be adorable 🌀✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

gmx-wheel — plot helical wheels 🎡

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gmx wheel [-f [<.dat>]] [-o [<.eps>]] [-r0 <int>] [-rot0 <real>]
          [-T <string>] [-[no]nn]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so gmx wheel plots a helical wheel representation of your sequence. it's giving "spell out your protein's vibe on a circle" and honestly? iconic 👑

your input sequence lives in the .dat file, and here's the format bestie, pay attention:

  • the first line contains the number of residues
  • each consecutive line contains a residue name

that's it, that's the whole structure, no cap 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

📥 options to specify input files

  • -f [<.dat>] — generic data file. default is nnnice.dat 🍓

📤 options to specify output files

  • -o [<.eps>] — Encapsulated PostScript (tm) file. default is plot.eps 🎀

🎡 other options

  • -r0 <int> — the first residue number in the sequence. default is 1 🔢
  • -rot0 <real> — rotate around an angle initially. default is 0. and fr fr, 90 degrees makes sense if you're wondering what to actually put here 💫
  • -T <string> — plot a title in the center of the wheel 🏷️
⚠️ okay so the title must be shorter than 10 characters, or it will overwrite the wheel. like, it's gonna just bulldoze your pretty little wheel bestie, so keep it short 💀
  • -[no]nn — toggle numbers. default is yes 🔢✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

more information about GROMACS is available at <http://www.gromacs.org/> 🌈

2026, GROMACS development team

so that's the whole thing bestie, go forth and make some helical wheels, slay 💖

signing off from version 2026.4, dated Oct 02, 2026 — ily, stay plotted 🧚✨🌸

📦 where this page comes from