MacMolecule & PCMolecule Activities

The web activities in this section of The Biology Project are used in conjunction with the commercial software MacMolecule/PCMolecule and require a special setup for web browsers.

1. Obtain the Software

On The University of Arizona campus

The University of Arizona has a free site license for this software. To load it on a UA computer, visit http://sitelicense.ccit.arizona.edu/sitelicensed/macmolecule.html.

Everywhere else

Visit the Molecular Ventures home page at http://www.molvent.com. At this commercial site, visitors can download a lite version of MacMolecule/PCMolecule, a demo of the full featured program, or purchase (and download) full versions.

2. Configure Your Web Browser

Once you have downloaded a copy of MacMolecule or PCMolecule, you then configure your web browser to work with this molecular graphics program. The web browser helper application information is as follows:
Description: chemical/x-macmolecule
Mime type: chemical/x-macmolecule
Suffix: mcm
File type: Text
Details for setting helper applications in Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer 3.0 are shown below.

Netscape Navigator

  1. From the Option menu choose General Preferences...
  2. Click the Helpers tab at the top of the window.
  3. Click the New... Button toward the right of the window.
  4. Enter the helper application into the fields, as shown below. When you get to the Handled by... section, click the Browse button to lead Netscape to Mac/PCMolecule.
  5. Click the Apply button, and then the OK button.
  6. Test it out by clicking this link to view the amino acid serine in Mac/PCMolecule.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

  1. From the Edit menu, choose Options...
  2. Click the Helpers button on the left side of the window.
  3. Click the Add... Button toward the right of the window.
  4. Enter the helper application into the fields, as shown below. When you get to the Handled by... section, click the Choose button to lead Internet Explorer to Mac/PCMolecule.
  5. Click the New button, and then the OK button on the next window.
  6. Test it out by clicking this link to view the amino acid serine in Mac/PCMolecule.

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Monday, November 11, 1997
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