[chimerax-users] Displaying the main chain of residues

[Elaine Meng]

Hello Diksha Parwana,
By "without deleting the chain" I guess you meant you want to keep showing the cartoon but also show backbone atoms.

You can show both cartoon and backbone at the same time using the "suppressBackboneDisplay" option set to "false," e.g. command:

cartoon suppress false

That simply enables showing both at the same time, but it does not show the atoms automatically.  In a separate step, you can then show all backbone atoms or only the specific ones that you want.  E.g. command:

show /A:54-102 at N,CA,C,O
style @CA ball

Show cartoon help using command "help cartoon" or see the copy at our website here:
<https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/cartoon.html>

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 Aug 30, 2022, at 10:22 PM, Diksha Parwana via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I want to display the main chain as well as the side chain of my selected residues. The main chain is only displayed when I use the hide cartoon feature. Is there some way I can see the backbone of my residues without deleting the chain as I don't want to break the continuity?
> 
> I want to study both backbone and side chain interactions of my residues. Please let me know if there's a way. I'll highly appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks & regards,