BAC, BACKBONE
NAME
BAC, BACKBONE - draw backbone.
SYNOPSIS
BAC
BAC OFF
BAC bond_style
DESCRIPTION
Draw polypeptide (protein) backbone, by connecting neighbouring CA (C alpha)
atoms. All other atoms in the selected portion of the structure will be
hidden. At present, five bond styles are available, all of them fixed in size.
If this command is specified without any arguments, default bond style (5)
will be used.
The command BAC OFF hides the backbone and shows atoms and bonds which were
visible before.
STYLE
|
THICKNESS
|
TYPE
|
0
|
Unvisible bonds
|
Fixed
|
1
|
single, thin line
|
Fixed
|
2
|
Three lines
|
Fixed
|
3
|
Five lines
|
Fixed
|
4
|
Seven lines
|
Fixed
|
5
|
Nine lines
|
Fixed
|
NOTES
(1) Unvisible bonds (style 0) are not treated as hidden - they are just
invisible.
RELATED COMMANDS
BON (BONDS) changes drawing style for bonds, but does not affect the
backbone. ATO (ATOMS) command may be used to add atoms to the backbone. It
is recommended to show only CA atoms, using BALL or SPACEFILL style.