From: Giovanni Bellesia (gbellesia_at_chem.ucsb.edu)
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 10:58:45 CDT

Hi,

VMD main window:
- click on Graphics
- click on Colors
- Categories -> Restype
In the "Names" window you will see the selection keywords for the
different AA types.
You can assign the color you like to each one of them

Hope this helps

Giovanni
> Hi all,
>
> This is rather a straightforward question; but I could not find any direct answer to it on the internet. I want to color my protein according to the charge of residues. For instance, hydrophobic residues are in X color, acidic residues are in Y color, and basic residues are in Z color.
>
> Could anyone help me?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
> Ozge Engin
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> Computational Science & Engineering
> Koc University
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Giovanni Bellesia
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510, USA.
Email: gbellesia_at_chem.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805 893 2767
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