Hi Kristl The problem is that the secondary structure of your protein hasn't been defined in the PDB file. This is why the cartoon looks ike a tube. What you need to do is type util.ss into the command line and this will calculate some sort of secondary structure for you although it's not that accurate. Alternatively click on the little diamond next to your protein name in the in the OpenGL window and then click on 'assign ss'.
As for your best bet on finding out how to do things this is probably it. Jules On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Kristl Adams wrote: > > Where can I find a list of what I can set with regard to ribbons and > cartoons. Currently the cartoons command just shows a thin round tube and > the ribbons command shows just a thin line. > > I'd ideally like to have cartoonishly round ribbons with some of the > residues on them drawn in sticks. I'm a new pymole user and am finding it > frustrating to work with because it isn't that well documented ... Am I > just not looking in the correct places for documentation? I have the pdf > at http://pymol.scourceforge.net/userman.pdf, but it isn't specific > enough. > > Please help the hopelessly confussed. > Kristl > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >
