Once you have imported a sequence in RbDe, visualized it and associated a layout with it, you can create the residue-based diagram.

Selecting any of the available layouts (or your own layout) will enable you to draw and edit your diagram in Advanced diagram mode using the Secondary Structure Editor which allows you to modify secondary structure element positions in your sequence.

If you select either of the GPCR or transporter layouts, you have the option of selecting the Fast diagram mode which assumes that your sequence has helical transmembrane domains. To further customize your diagram you can access the Secondary Structure Editor at any time by clicking the Secondary Structure button in the menubar.

When you select a layout other than old-rbde you can't access the Topology Editor that was available in previous versions of RbDe, since the topology is now dictated by the selected layout. If you prefer to edit your diagram using the Topology Editor select old-rbde as your layout option. [Note: The production version of RbDe does not have the layout feature and employs the Topology Editor for editing residue based diagrams]

More information on the available editors can be found at the following pages:

Registered users can save their diagrams in the diagram library and also change specific diagram attributes of saved diagrams.