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News & Updates
Official Release	PyMOL v2.5 has been released on May 10, 2021.
Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe
Selection keywords	New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll!
Plugin Update	MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL
New Script	dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons
Older News	See Older News.

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Protect protect protects a set of atoms from tranformations performed using the editing features. This is most useful when you are modifying an internal portion of a chain or cycle and do not wish to affect the rest of the molecule. USAGE protect (selection) PYMOL API cmd.protect(string selection) Example This example makes a very cool little, and fake, molecular movie. Copy/paste this into PyMOL: <source lang="python"> load $PYMOL_PATH/test/dat/pept.pdb, obj create the fake trajectory (of states) for a in range(2,31): cmd.create("obj","obj",1,a) remove the bond unbond 5/C, 6/N This protects everything but all atoms witing 4 Ang. of residue 5's carbon and residue 6's nitrogen. protect not ((5/C or 6/N) extend 4) do some quick sculpting sculpt_activate obj, 30 sculpt_iterate obj, 30, 100 smooth obj, 30, 3 then program a bond-break/re-form movie mset 1 x30 1 -30 30 x30 30 -1 mdo 45: unbond 5/C, 6/N, quiet=1 mdo 100: bond 5/C, 6/N, quiet=1 frame 100 as sticks orient ..→

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