[chimerax-users] equivalent command for coloring elements specific colors?

[Liz Kellogg]

Oh, I get it now. O and N refer to backbone atoms only, so to color
sidechains I would have to refer to each sidechain nitrogen and oxygen
group specifically. Any shortcut for this in ChimeraX? Do I have to define
a named selection?

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:06 PM Liz Kellogg <lizkellogg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There used to be this handy command in Chimera to color oxygen atoms and
> nitrogen atoms specific colors:
>
> color @O red,a
> color @N blue,a
>
> but I can't find the corresponding command in ChimeraX. Is there a way to
> color all nitrogen atoms blue and all oxygen atoms red?
> When I try what I think the equivalent command should be (I'm displaying
> cartoon backbone with stick side chains):
> color @O red target a
> color @N blue target a
>
> it says 'Colored 1120 atoms' but none of the sidechains are colored
> differently.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Liz
>
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