I am displaying pdb files of metalloenzymes, and like to show the metal ions as spheres. I select the metal and use show>spheres Fine Somehow recently I must have done something to reset the vdw radius of manganese (MN in the pdb), as Mn atoms now display as small spheres (a little larger than solvent as nb_spheres). They were fine originally (!) and other metal atoms display at correct sizes (much bigger than my Mn). What could I have done?
A global edit of sphere_scale etc. simply changes all. I reset the setting>edit_all using the dialog as a check too. I can use: Alter name MN, vdw=vdw*2 Rebuild Or whatever, but I have to do it for each pdb file I read in now (if it has a Mn atom). Could I have messed with the vdw value in some way? Is there a way to actually check the values being used for vdw radii? Thanks Gary Prof. Gary J. Hunter, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 06, Malta. phone: +356 2340 2917 phone: +356 21316655 (secretary), Fax: +356 21310577
