FYI, the ionic radius of Ca(2+) is 1.14 A. A calcium atom is 1.80 A. After issuing the "alter elem ca, vdw=1.14" command, you may have to execute the "rebuild" command to change the previously displayed sphere radius.

Cheers.

On 3/16/2010 11:31 AM, Jason Vertrees wrote:
Raluca,

Here's how you would figure this out in PyMOL:

# fetch a calmodulin
fetch 1cll

# print the calcium's vdW radius
iterate first elem CA, print vdw

which outputs 1.79999995232.  Due to numeric precision, that's 1.80.
:-)  I've seen it as 2.0 elsewhere.  If you want to change the value,

# alter all Calciums to have vdw radius X
alter e. CA, vdw=X

where X is your new radius.

Cheers,

-- Jason

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Raluca Mihaela ANDREI <[email protected]> wrote:
  
Hi!

I have a pdb file that contains Calmodulin protein with
Calcium ions. I want to calculate the surface. Does anyone
know which is the radius of Calcium in PyMOL library and were
I can find this libray?

Thank you,
Raluca

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