Re: [PyMOL] Coloring of helices

2014-08-22 Thread Folmer Fredslund
Hi Markus, As Andreas already mentioned, the cartoon color is taken from the color of the CA atoms. So you could just color those differently and that should be reflected in the cartoon colors. But I think a better option is to use the cartoon_color command. http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Car

Re: [PyMOL] Coloring of helices

2014-08-21 Thread Andreas Warnecke
Hej, you can try to exclude the backbone from your selections using "not": select V27, (resi 27 and EXA) and not (name N+C+O) # I included the CA in this selection etc. This should select the residue atoms excluding the backbone (except CA). If you have hydrogens in the structure you may need

[PyMOL] Coloring of helices

2014-08-21 Thread Markus Heller
Hi all, I'm stuck. I'm trying to create a figure where I show a helix bundle, with select side chains shown as sticks. I would like the helices to be green, and the side chains in different colors. Easy enough, *but* the carbon color of the side chains supersedes the green color of the heli