How to make NMR strip plots using Sparky and Adobe Illustrator
Channel: Fitzkee Lab
Date: 2019-09-30

This is a video tutorial on how to make an NMR strip plot using Sparky (Linux) and Adobe Illustrator (Windows/Mac). We use HN(CO)CA and HNCA spectra to graph a set of strips through seven residues in a 17 kDa protein.

There are almost certainly simpler ways to do this, but this approach has visual appeal and produces a publication-quality result.

The patch file we use to adjust the Sparky PostScript printouts is available at this link:
https://fitzkee.chemistry.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/sparky_ps_changes.diff

The final (Illustrator-editable) PDF is available at:
https://fitzkee.chemistry.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/strips.pdf

Thanks for watching!