Hi Ryan and Blaine,
In addition to the classification by residue identifiers, PyMOL looks for
nucleic acid backbone atoms by name.
See:
https://github.com/schrodinger/pymol-open-source/blob/master/layer3/Selector.cpp#L1393
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} else if (found_o3star && found_c3star && found_c4star && found_c5star
&& found_o5star && (found_o3_bond || found_p_bond)) {
mask = cAtomFlag_polymer | cAtomFlag_nucleic;
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Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Thomas
> On May 18, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Mooers, Blaine H.M. (HSC)
> wrote:
>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> I think that the manual page for polymer will answer your question clearly
>
> https://pymol.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=selection:polymer
>
> Best regards,
>
> Blaine
>
> Blaine Mooers, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> College of Medicine
> University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
> S.L. Young Biomedical Research Center (BRC) Rm. 466
> 975 NE 10th Street, BRC 466
> Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5419
>
>
> From: Kung, Ryan [ryan.k...@uleth.ca]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 4:46 PM
> To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [PyMOL] Question about polymer selection criteria
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about how the pymol polymer.nucleic selection defines what
> is nucleic? Is there a list of atom names that are required? Does it have to
> actually be part of a polymer for the selection process to identify it? If
> someone can help me understand this, that would be great.
>
> Thank you,
> Ryan Kung
>
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