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ColorByDistance
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def colorByDistance(anchor='anchor', site='site'): #Based on: https://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Spectrum#Intermediate #Author: Zhenting Gao (zhentgpicasa@gmail.com) #Update: 11/12/2018 #Aim: Color atoms of a binding site based on their distance from a point # returns the length of the distance between atom A and atom B
diff_len = lambda x,y : math.sqrt((x[0]-y[0])*(x[0]-y[0]) + (x[1]-y[1])*(x[1]-y[1]) + (x[2]-y[2])*(x[2]-y[2]))
# fetch site from the PDB
#fetch site, async=0
# show it as surface
#as surface
# create the pseudoatom at the origin
#pseudoatom pOrig, pos=(0,0,0), label=origin
# these are special PyMOL variables that will hold # the coordinates of # the atoms and the pseudoatom
stored.origCoord = [] stored.distCoord = []
# copy the coordinates into those special variables
cmd.iterate_state(1, anchor, 'stored.origCoord.append((x,y,z))') cmd.iterate_state(1, site, 'stored.distCoord.append((x,y,z))')
# extend origCoord to be the same length as the other
stored.origCoord *= len(stored.distCoord)
# calculate the distances
stored.newB = map(lambda x,y: diff_len(x,y), stored.distCoord, stored.origCoord) print(stored.newB) # put them into the b-factor of the protein
cmd.alter( "site", "b=stored.newB.pop(0)")
# color by rainbow_rev or any other # palette listed in "help spectrum"
cmd.spectrum(expression="b", palette="rainbow", selection=site) cmd.set("surface_color","-1",site) #color the surface of the binding site by corresponding atom colors cmd.extend('colorByDistance', colorByDistance)
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