Hi Alex. > hello- > i am new to pymol and am trying to figure out how to differentially > color different chains (i.e. different proteins) in the structure i am > viewing. the structure i am working with is actually a structure of two > proteins that were co-crystalized and i would like assign different > colors to them. > thanks for your help. > alex dajkovic >
As long as I know you can do that by creating copies of the same molecule. Do like this:
load molecule.pdb, mole create copy, (mole) Then assign different colors to each (for example): color blue, mole color red, copy Finally show each chain separately: show cartoon, (mole & c;A) show cartoon, (copy & c;B) (in the case you what a cartoon representation of chains A and B). I hope that helps you. -- Mario Sanches, PhD Student Protein Crystallography Group São Paulo University, São Carlos Physics Institute Phone: +55 (16) 273 9868 sanc...@if.sc.usp.br
