Hi Charbel, After you opened the builder panel, you can change the "secondary_structure" setting to 4 before you start building:
PyMOL> set secondary_structure, 4 You may also like the "fab" command to build peptides: http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Fab Extended poly-ALA example: PyMOL> fab AAAAAAAA, ss=4 Cheers, Thomas On 11 Feb 2016, at 06:48, R. Charbel MAROUN <charbel.mar...@inserm.fr> wrote: > Hello Pymolers, > > When trying to build a polypeptide chain with the Build Residue command, > I find no "trans" conformation for the phi and psi angles, only Helix > and Beta sheet. Is there a simple way of building a chain in the trans > (extended) conformation ? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > R. Charbel MAROUN, Ph.D., H.D.R. > UMR-S INSERM U1204/UEVE > Structure et activité des biomolécules > normales et pathologiques > Université d'Evry-Val d'Essonne > Bâtiment Maupertuis > Rue du Père Jarlan > 91000 EVRY > FRANCE > Tél: +33 1 69 47 76 64 > FAX: +33 1 69 47 02 19 > e-mail charbel.mar...@inserm.fr -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Principal Developer Schrödinger, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ 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