Re: [PyMOL] Selecting ASP and GLU

[Robert C. <rob...@qu...>]

Hi Martin,

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:44:36 +0100 Martin Hediger <ma...@bl...> wrote:

> Dear all
> What is the selection syntax to select all GLU and ASP residues within 
> an object?
> 
> I'm trying it the way its written on the wiki:
> 
> remove resn hoh    # remove water
> h_add              # add hydrogens
> 
> as surface
> color grey90
> 
> color slate, resn lys       # lysines in light blue
> color paleyellow, resn cys  # cysteines in light yellow
> *color tv_red, (resn asp or(resn glu))  # aspartic and glutamic acid in light red*

The easier way to write that is:

 color tv_red, resn asp+glu

You can string several sorts of selections together that way, for example:

select actsite, resi 105+262+286

select aliphatic, resn ala+val+leu+ile

Cheers,
Rob

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