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From: jrui_at_ci.uc.pt
Date: Mon Jan 21 2008 - 04:28:00 CST

Try this:

"resid 65 and (sidechain or name CA) and noh"

Quoting gurpreet singh <gps.iitm_at_gmail.com>:

> Respected Sir/Madam
>
> I want to make a pictorial representation of certain amino acids by showing
> only the sidechain and the alpha carbon group of the respective residue.
> I tried different option like
>
> "resid 65 not backbone and noh"
> "resid 65 and sidechain and noh"
> Problem with the above two is that only the sidechain is coming without any
> bond between the sidechain carbon and the alpha carbon.
>
> I tried using the command
>
> "name CA and resid 65" but again I got the representation in the same way as
> said above
>
> Please tell me the exact way of writing this command if possible in the
> graphic window.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Gurpreet
>