[chimerax-users] circular balls instead of residue
Revan Katte
revankatte at gmail.com
Thu Mar 9 09:46:18 PST 2023
Dear Elaine Meng,
Thank you very much for your help. It is extremely beneficial to me.
I have one more question: how can I make that sphere ball bigger?
Thanks!
Revan
On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 10:44 AM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi Revan,
> 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:
>
> open 1gcn
> show :10
> style sphere
>
> 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:
>
> open 1zik
> show /A:2-12 at ca
> style @ca sphere
> cartoon suppress false
>
> 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:
>
> hide cartoon
>
> 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:
> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/quickstart/index.html>
> <https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/tutorials.html>
>
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On Mar 9, 2023, at 8:21 AM, Revan Katte via ChimeraX-users <
> chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello sir/Madam,
> >
> > I'm labeling (or marking) the residues of my protein structure with
> Chimerax.
> >
> > So I want to use circular balls instead of residue, but he doesn't have
> that option.
> >
> > Could you please assist me with this?
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Revan
>
>
--
Revan Katte, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Prof. Maolin Lu Laboratory,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology,
The University of Texas Health Science Center,
Tyler, Texas 75708, USA.
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