Hi Vincent,

can you load the 400 copies of your ligand into the same object? For example by 
creating a multi-model PDB file, or using a trajectory format. In that case, 
the 400 conformations will share the topology (the atoms and bonds) and you 
only have to form the bond once.

Also, the residue name operator is "resn", not "resi". I think this should have 
worked:

PyMOL> bond resi 977 & resn LIG & name B1, resi 977 & resn LIG & name B2

or:
PyMOL> bond LIG`977/B1, LIG`977/B2

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 25 Feb 2015, at 11:37, vincent Chaptal <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear everyone, 
> 
> I have a MD simulation of coarse grain molecules, therefore not defined as 
> typically for "normal" protein/ligands, but as beads. 
> I want to represent it using Pymol, and need to define bonds between the 
> beads. 
> The problem is that I have 400 copies of my ligand, and all with the same 
> name. I want to link bead1 with bead2, all having the name LIG.
> How can I do it? 
> 
> The CONECT record works only to define connections on a one-on-one basis, so 
> it would be horrible for the whole file. 
> I tried the bond command in pymol with the following argument, but it doesn't 
> work: 
> PyMOL>bond resi LIG and name B1, resi LIG and name B2
> Editor-Warning: bonds cannot be created between objects, only within.
> 
> I guess this command line will create also bonds between B1 to all the 399 
> other LIG B2...
> (If "resi" would take into account the residue number, it would work?)
> 
> here is what the pdb file looks like: 
> ATOM   6129  B1  LIG   977      40.880 105.970  99.090 1.00  0.00            
> ATOM   6130  B2  LIG   977      41.700 105.200  97.180 1.00  0.00            
> ATOM   6131  B3  LIG   977      41.880 104.860  94.750 1.00  0.00            
> ... 
> ATOM   6138  B1  LIG   978     116.680 127.990 105.990 1.00  0.00            
> ATOM   6139  B2  LIG   978     117.300 129.230 107.720 1.00  0.00            
> ATOM   6140  B3  LIG   978     119.340 130.290 108.590 1.00  0.00            
> ...
> 
> thank you for your help.
> best 
> Vincent          
> 
> 
> -- 
> Vincent Chaptal, PhD
> Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines
> Drug-resistance modulation and mechanism Laboratory
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> FRANCE
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-- 
Thomas Holder
PyMOL Principal Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.


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