Noel, I think you will need make a copy first and mutate the copy for something like this to work. That is essentially what the mutagenesis wizard does, if I recall correctly.
Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:war...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Noel Faux > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:31 AM > To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] mutagenesis via python? > > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of creating a plugin for pymol, however > I've hit a small wall. Is there a series of python calls I > can make in my code to perform a mutation without the loss of > the original residue? I've tried to follow the commands the > wizard returns but I'm unable to follow what is being done. > > Cheers > Noel > >