<div dir="ltr"><h3 class="gmail-iw" style="overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><span name="Elaine Meng" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top">Dear Elaine Meng,</span></span></span></h3><div><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><span name="Elaine Meng" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><br></span></span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black">Thank you very much for your help. It is extremely
beneficial to me.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black">I have one more question: how can I make that sphere ball
bigger?</span></p></div><div>Thanks!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Revan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 10:44 AM Elaine Meng <<a href="mailto:meng@cgl.ucsf.edu">meng@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Revan,<br>
You can show any atom you want as a sphere.  You have to show the atom (not just ribbons) or else you won't be able to see that it is a sphere.  For example, commands to open 1gcn and show residue 10 as spheres:<br>
<br>
open 1gcn<br>
show :10<br>
style sphere<br>
<br>
But maybe you want to put a ball at the alpha-carbons of residues but these atoms are not shown because the ribbon is shown instead.  You would use the "suppress false" option of ribbons/cartoons if you want to show backbone atoms at the same time as the ribbon, for example to show 1zik chain A residues 2-12 alpha-carbon balls:<br>
<br>
open 1zik<br>
show /A:2-12@ca<br>
style @ca sphere<br>
cartoon suppress false<br>
<br>
You only need "cartoon suppress false" if you want to show both cartoon (ribbon) and backbone atoms at the same time.  You could also just hide the cartoon, for example command:<br>
<br>
hide cartoon<br>
<br>
I described commands because it is easier to do in email, but you can also do the same things with selections and the Actions menu and/or toolbar icons.   You may want to try some ChimeraX tutorials if you want to learn more:<br>
<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/quickstart/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/quickstart/index.html</a>><br>
<<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/tutorials.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/tutorials.html</a>><br>
<br>
I hope this helps,<br>
Elaine<br>
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       <br>
UCSF Chimera(X) team<br>
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry<br>
University of California, San Francisco<br>
<br>
> On Mar 9, 2023, at 8:21 AM, Revan Katte via ChimeraX-users <<a href="mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu" target="_blank">chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hello sir/Madam,<br>
> <br>
> I'm labeling (or marking) the residues of my protein structure with Chimerax.<br>
> <br>
> So I want to use circular balls instead of residue, but he doesn't have that option.<br>
> <br>
> Could you please assist me with this?<br>
> <br>
> Thank you!<br>
> Revan<br>
<br>
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