Buz, alter elem Na, elem='K'
iterate elem K, print vdw show spheres, elem K alter elem K, vdw=1.4 rebuild iterate elem K, print vdw color yellow, elem K Cheers, Warren -- DeLano Scientific LLC Subscriber Support Services mailto:supp...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Buz Barstow [mailto:b...@mac.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:30 PM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] Mutating an Ion in Pymol and Displaying van > der waals Radii > > Dear All, > > I'd like to mutate an ion in pymol from a potassium to a > sodium. Is there an easy way to do this from the command line > without having to edit the pdb file of the structure? > > Also, when one displays an atom (for instance a K atom) using > the spheres representation, is the radius of the sphere equal > to the Pauling radius of the atom (under the assumption that > it is ionized)? > For K, it looks like it is. > > Thanks! and all the best, > > --Buz > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las > Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at > MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more > and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009 > .visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users