Hello Ramesh, > Is it possible to do the labelling using single letter codes for the > amino acid residues rather than the three letter codes?
Yes. 1. Add this to your $HOME/.pymolrc file: # start $HOME/.pymolrc modification one_letter = {'VAL':'V', 'ILE':'I', 'LEU':'L', 'GLU':'E', 'GLN':'Q', \ 'ASP':'D', 'ASN':'N', 'HIS':'H', 'TRP':'W', 'PHE':'F', 'TYR':'Y', \ 'ARG':'R', 'LYS':'K', 'SER':'S', 'THR':'T', 'MET':'M', 'ALA':'A', \ 'GLY':'G', 'PRO':'P', 'CYS':'C'} # end modification 2. instead of: label n. ca, resn use: label n. ca, one_letter[resn] Cheers, Zac -- Ezequiel PANEPUCCI, Ph.D. - Institut Pasteur Plate-Forme 6 - Cristallogénèse et Diffraction des Rayons X Telephone: +33 (0)1.4061.3930 Portable: +33 (0)6.1314.3906