Hi Hena, this should be very straight forward with the "color" command and selection by residue identifier range:
color green, resi 1-50 color blue, resi 51-90 See also: http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Color http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Selection_Algebra http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Property_Selectors Cheers, Thomas On 05/10/2012 02:50 PM, Hena Dutta wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I have a question about coloring in pymol. I have a pdb file containing > multiple same chains of a protein with different chain id. Each chain > has 90 residues. How can I color 1-50 of all chains in green and 51-90 > of all chains in blue with a script. I can do that manually selecting, > but it takes time. I need to do that many times on different output. > Looking forward to hearing from you... > My regards... > Hena -- Thomas Holder MPI for Developmental Biology Spemannstr. 35 D-72076 Tübingen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net