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From: amin sagar (aamin.sagar_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2018 - 02:54:16 CDT

Just to check, are you sure your chain name is A? Otherwise it should be
replaced with the name of the chain you would like to select.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 8:51 AM, Raag Saluja <saluja.raag_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your prompt replies! I tried both resid 1 to 50 and chain A;
> and resid 1 to 50 and protein and chain A. Neither worked! The selected
> area just got deselected.
>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 1:17 PM, amin sagar <aamin.sagar_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi. Something like
>>
>> protein and chain A and resid 1 to 50
>>
>> should work.
>>
>> Amin.
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 8:38 AM, Raag Saluja <saluja.raag_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I am working on a heterodimer. I wanted to highlight certain residues
>>> and keep the rest of the protein translucent. So I did create rep and then
>>> selected the residues by giving the command "(resid 1 to 50) and
>>> (protein)".
>>> However, this selects the first 50 residues in both the chains. What do
>>> I do so that only the first 50 residues are selected, be they in the first
>>> or the second chain
>>> (and not 50 each of both the chains)?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>> Regards,
>>> Raag
>>>
>>