[chimerax-users] Coloring sidechain atoms only

[Priyanka Abeyrathne]

Hi Meng,

Thank you!

Both suggestions work for me.

Kind regards,
Priyanka


On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 2:05 PM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Priyanka,
> I'm guessing you mean to color only atoms and not the ribbon, in which
> case you would just add "target a" or "atoms" (meaning atoms only) to the
> coloring command, e.g. show and color atoms of residues 10-20:
>
> show :10-20
> color :10-20 red target a
>
> See explanation of "target" option:
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/color.html#simple>
>
> However, if you are showing the actual backbone atoms (not ribbon) and you
> really only want to color the sidechains, you can also do that by
> specifying sidechain (e.g. "sideonly" if you don't want to include CA):
>
> hide ribbons
> color :10-20 & sideonly yellow
>
> Terms like "sideonly" that can be used in specification are explained here:
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/atomspec.html#builtin>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:55 AM, Priyanka Abeyrathne via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Could you let me know the command to color only the side chain not the
> backbone of amino acids in ChimeraX, please?
> > Thank you.
> > Kind regards,
> > Priyanka
>
>
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