Of course, you could just use the .pdb file as a text file:
grep CA xxxx.pdb | cut -f 2,4,7,8,9
will get you the amino acid number, the amino acid identity, and x,y,z
coordinates for the CA.
Jed
Jason Vertrees wrote:
> In newer PyMOLs this is as simple as:
>
> print cmd.get_atom_coords(oneAtom)
>
> where 'oneAtom' is an object or selection of one atom in PyMOL.
>
> For example,
>
> load $TUT/1hpv.pdb
> print cmd.get_atom_coords("A/30/CA");
>
> -- Jason
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Tsjerk Wassenaar <tsje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mohan,
>>
>> You can use iterate_state, which would be the pymol approach:
>>
>> coords = {}
>> iterate_state 1,n. ca,coords[i]=(x,y,z)
>>
>> Or you can take a lower level approach; the python one:
>>
>> for i in cmd.get_model('n. ca').atom:
>> print i.coord
>>
>> cmd.get_model builds you a ChemPy model from a given selection. The
>> .atom property is the list of atoms. If you want to know what else is
>> possible you might want to have a look at the
>> properties/attributes/methods defined:
>>
>> for i in dir(cmd.get_model('n. ca').atom[0]): print i
>>
>> Hope it helps,
>>
>> Tsjerk
>>
>> Of course neither way would restrict you to plotting...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:38 PM, mohan raj <mohanrajdec2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hi all:
>>>
>>> could any one tell me how to get the coordinates for a specific atom in
>>> a particular amino acid using pymol commands....
>>>
>>> is their a commant with can list the coordinates for each aminoacid in
>>> a protein molecule?? \
>>>
>>> kindly clarify, thanking you in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>> - mohan
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>>
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