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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 19 2010 - 13:59:02 CST

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM, leila karami <karami.leila1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear VMD users
>
> I opened a protein (containing 40 amino acids) by VMD. I want to know
> what amino acids of protein are put in 1.5 angstrom within amino acid
> number 17.

...and i want a pony for christmas. ;)

you have two options

1) read the VMD user's guide and understand how atom selections
    work and then use them to get this information.

2) use your knowledge of chemistry and typical bond lengths and atom
   distances in organic molecules to answer this question directly
    without using VMD.

once you have done either one, you can sit back and realize
that it is not a very good idea to ask a question on public mailing
list to people that volunteer others to help without giving any
indication that you have made some attempts to solve the
problem yourself.

axel.

ps.: thanks for providing such a great opportunity revive
a very old - but timely - joke. 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
Institute for Computational Molecular Science
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.