[chimerax-users] Deleting regions of whole protein

[Elaine Meng]

Hello Dr. Anas Hussain,
Of course you can delete any set of atoms from an atomic structure.  You can either select them (many ways described in this page):
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/selection.html>

....and then use the menu Actions... Atoms/Bonds... Delete, 
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/menu.html#actions>

OR you can use the "delete" command and specify the parts you want to delete directly in the command.  

Description of "delete" command:
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/delete.html>

How to specify atoms in the command:
<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/atomspec.html>

For example, command:

delete /A

will delete chain A.

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Jun 8, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Anas Hussain <medicoanas at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am currently working on a project pertaining to the Corona Virus. I was wondering if there is anyway I could delete parts of a whole protein using the ChimeraX software.
> 
> Thank you,
> Dr. Anas Hussain.