How to Make a Cartoon Figure in Pymol
May 24, 2009
1) Download your coordinate file, if applicable (if you are using an existing structure the coordinate file is probably located in the Protein Database).
2) File –> Open, the PDB file
3) The structure should appear
4) Then click on the H and select everything
5) Then click on the S and select cartoon
6) The cartoon of your PDB should now appear
7) When using Pymol for Figures or presentations it is often best to set the background as white
Display –> Background –> White
Note: If you would like a different perspective, rotate the molecule before the next step
Click on Ray button (upper right) in the PyMol Tcl/Tk window
Posted by Sean |
Categories: Scientific Publication and Presentation | Tagged: Macromolecular Crystallography, PDB, PyMol, Scientific Publication and Presentation |