Hi,
I have been trying to generate a model of the AhR using three different templates with different ligands in each of them. When I submit the script for the model building, I get the error below:
"_modeller.ModellerError: read_te_290E> Number of residues in the alignment and  pdb files are different:      110      109 For alignment entry:        1  3f1o_pasA"
I tried changing the number highlighted in the alignment file to 110, but the same error appeared. Was I supposed to change anything in the pdb file? Also, since I would like to consider the three ligands, is that correct to add three dots at the end of the alignment and pap file? The alignment, .pap, and script for the model building are below.
Model building script:
# Comparative modeling with ligand transfer from the template
from modeller import *              # Load standard Modeller classes
from modeller.automodel import *    # Load the AutoModel class
import sys
log.verbose()    # request verbose output
env = Environ()  # create a new MODELLER environment to build this model in
# directories for input atom files
env.io.atom_files_directory = ['.', '../atom_files']
# Read in HETATM records from template PDBs
env.io.hetatm = True
a = AutoModel(env, alnfile='ahr-mult.ali',
              knowns=('3f1o_pasA','3h7w_pasA','3h82_pasA'), sequence='AhR', assess_methods=(assess.DOPE))
a.starting_model= 1                 # index of the first model
a.ending_model  = 100                 # index of the last model
                                    # (determines how many models to calculate)
a.make()                            # do the actual comparative modeling
Alignment file:
>P1;3f1o_pasA
structureX:3f1o_pas_fit.pdb:236:A:+109:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2 ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN; SYNONYM  EPAS-1, MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN; SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN, DIOXIN RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATO HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1, HIF2A, HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PHIS-GB1-PARALLEL; MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PHIS-PARALLEL: 1.60: 0.17
-FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYN-----PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.*
>P1;3h7w_pasA
structureX:3h7w_pas_fit.pdb:236:A:+108:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 239 SYNONYM  EPAS-1, MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 356 TO 4 SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN, CLASS E BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTE BHLHE2, DIOXIN RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, HYPOXIA-INDU FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1, HIF2A, HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-HIF2APAS-B; MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-ARNT-PAS-B: 1.65: 0.20
-FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIY------PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.*
>P1;3h82_pasA
structureX:3h82_pas_fit.pdb:-1:A:+115:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 356 TO 4 SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN, CLASS E BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTE BHLHE2, DIOXIN RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, HYPOXIA-INDU FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 239 SYNONYM  EPAS-1, MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-ARNT-PAS-B; MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1, HIF2A, HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-HIF2APAS-B: 1.50: 0.20
EFKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYNPRNLQPQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.*
>P1;AhR
sequence:AhR:: :: :::-1.00:-1.00
EIR-TKNFIFRTKHKLDFTPIGCDAKGRIVLGYTEAELCTRGSGYQFIHAADMLYCAESHIRMIKTGESGMIVFR
LLTKNNRWTWVQSNARLLYK--NGRPDYIIVTQRPLTDEEG...*
pap file:
 _aln.pos          10        20        30        40        50        60
3f1o_pasA  -FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
3h7w_pasA  -FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
3h82_pasA  EFKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
AhR        EIR-TKNFIFRTKHKLDFTPIGCDAKGRIVLGYTEAELCTRGSGYQFIHAADMLYCAESHIRMIKTG
 _consrvd           *   *  *     **       **   **  * * * * ** *      **      *
 _aln.pos   70        80        90       100       110
3f1o_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYN-----PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.--
3h7w_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIY------PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.--
3h82_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYNPRNLQPQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.--
AhR        ESGMIVFRLLTKNNRWTWVQSNARLLYK--NGRPDYIIVTQRPLTDEEG/...
 _consrvd         * * *     *        *      *  *      *   *
Best Regards,
Amanda F. Ghilardi
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Hi, 
I have been trying to generate a model of the AhR using three different templates with different ligands in each of them. When I submit the script for the model building, I get the error below: 
"_modeller.ModellerError: read_te_290E> Number of residues in the alignment and pdb files are different: 110 109 For alignment entry: 1 3f1o_pasA" 
 I tried changing the number highlighted in the alignment file to 110, but the same error appeared. Was I supposed to change anything in the pdb file? Also, since I would like to consider the three ligands, is that correct to add three dots at the end of the alignment and pap file? The alignment, .pap, and script for the model building are below. 
 Model building script: 
 # Comparative modeling with ligand transfer from the template from modeller import *              # Load standard Modeller classes 
from modeller.automodel import *    # Load the AutoModel class 
import sys 
log.verbose()    # request verbose output 
env = Environ()  # create a new MODELLER environment to build this model in 
# directories for input atom files 
env.io.atom_files_directory = ['.', '../atom_files'] 
# Read in HETATM records from template PDBs 
env.io.hetatm = True 
a = AutoModel(env, alnfile='ahr-mult.ali', 
              knowns=('3f1o_pasA','3h7w_pasA','3h82_pasA'), sequence='AhR', assess_methods=(assess.DOPE)) 
a.starting_model= 1                 # index of the first model 
a.ending_model  = 100                 # index of the last model 
                                    # (determines how many models to calculate) 
a.make()                            # do the actual comparative modeling 
Alignment file: 
>P1;3f1o_pasA 
structureX:3f1o_pas_fit.pdb:236:A:+109:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2 ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN; SYNONYM  EPAS-1, MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN
 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS
 DOMAIN; SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN, DIOXIN RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATO HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1, HIF2A,
 HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PHIS-GB1-PARALLEL; MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN;
 ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PHIS-PARALLEL: 1.60: 0.17 
-FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR 
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYN-----PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.* 
>P1;3h7w_pasA 
structureX:3h7w_pas_fit.pdb:236:A:+108:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 239 SYNONYM  EPAS-1, MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE
 FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 356 TO 4 SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN,
 CLASS E BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTE BHLHE2, DIOXIN RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, HYPOXIA-INDU FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1,
 HIF2A, HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-HIF2APAS-B; MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC
  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID;
 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-ARNT-PAS-B: 1.65: 0.20 
-FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR 
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIY------PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.* 
>P1;3h82_pasA 
structureX:3h82_pas_fit.pdb:-1:A:+115:A:MOL_ID  1; MOLECULE  ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CHAIN  B; FRAGMENT  ARNT C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 356 TO 4 SYNONYM  ARNT PROTEIN, CLASS E BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTE BHLHE2, DIOXIN
 RECEPTOR, NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, HYPOXIA-INDU FACTOR 1 BETA, HIF-1 BETA; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES; MOL_ID  2; MOLECULE  ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; CHAIN  A; FRAGMENT  HIF2ALPHA C-TERMINAL PAS DOMAIN (UNP RESIDUES 239 SYNONYM  EPAS-1,
 MEMBER OF PAS PROTEIN 2, BASIC-HELIX-LOOP- PROTEIN MOP2, HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, HIF-2 ALPHA ALPHA, HIF-1 ALPHA-LIKE FACTOR, HLF; ENGINEERED  YES; MUTATION  YES:MOL_ID  1; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID
  9606; GENE  ARNT, ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR, EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3); EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-ARNT-PAS-B;
 MOL_ID  2; ORGANISM_SCIENTIFIC  HOMO SAPIENS; ORGANISM_COMMON  HUMAN; ORGANISM_TAXID  9606; GENE  EPAS1, HIF2A, HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA, MOP2; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM  ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_TAXID  562; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_STRAIN  BL21(DE3);
 EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_VECTOR_TYPE  PLASMID; EXPRESSION_SYSTEM_PLASMID  PHIS-GB1-HIF2APAS-B: 1.50: 0.20 
EFKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKGQVVSGQYR 
MLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYNPRNLQPQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK.* 
>P1;AhR 
sequence:AhR:: :: :::-1.00:-1.00 
EIR-TKNFIFRTKHKLDFTPIGCDAKGRIVLGYTEAELCTRGSGYQFIHAADMLYCAESHIRMIKTGESGMIVFR 
LLTKNNRWTWVQSNARLLYK--NGRPDYIIVTQRPLTDEEG...* 
pap file: 
 _aln.pos          10        20        30        40        50        60
3f1o_pasA  -FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
 
3h7w_pasA  -FKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
 
3h82_pasA  EFKGLDSKTFLSEHSMDMKFTYCDDRITELIGYHPEELLGR-SAYEFYHALDSENMTKSHQNLCTKG
 
AhR        EIR-TKNFIFRTKHKLDFTPIGCDAKGRIVLGYTEAELCTRGSGYQFIHAADMLYCAESHIRMIKTG
 
 _consrvd           *   *  *     **       **   **  * * * * ** *      **      * 
 _aln.pos   70        80        90       100       110 
3f1o_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYN-----PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.--  
3h7w_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIY------PQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.-- 
3h82_pasA  QVVSGQYRMLAKHGGYVWLETQGTVIYNPRNLQPQCIMCVNYVLSEIEK/.--  
AhR        ESGMIVFRLLTKNNRWTWVQSNARLLYK--NGRPDYIIVTQRPLTDEEG/...  
 _consrvd         * * *     *        *      *  *      *   * 
Best Regards, 
Amanda F. Ghilardi 
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