Re: [PyMOL] select buried water molecules

Bartholomeus,

Your question seems to be essentially the same as one asked on the ccp4bb 
last year.  Here is the answer to that question.


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> > is there a program that will take a protein structure with waters and
> > give a list of the waters that are buried/ or strip of the waters on the
> > surface....
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>maybe unexpected, but MAMA actually does this. make a
>quick and dirty mask around your molecule, expand a
>couple of times, contract a couple of times (to fill
>cavities etc) - then use the ATom_fit command; see
>http://xray.bmc.uu.se/usf/mama_man.html#S22
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At 09:01 AM 19/05/2003, Bartholomeus Kuettner wrote:
>Dear PyMol community,
>
>During analyzing the water structure of a protein I was wondering if PyMol
>is capable to select buried water molecules. Since the surface waters occupy
>clefts it would be nice to see if there is a regular distribution inside of
>the protein as well.
>
>So is it possible to make a selection of buried water molecules?
>
>I imagine something in a way like 'water without distance to
>surface-object'. But so far I didn't have yet such a deep dive into the
>sophisticated selection capabilities of PyMol and would be lost here. The
>problem I see arising would be that the surface object is present (as
>residues) even in protein's interior and make a correct selection
>impossible.
>
>Greetings,
>Bartholomeus
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