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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 2022-2023 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.

Did you know... Edit Keys ===EDITING KEYS === These are defaults, which can be redefined. Note that while entering text on the command line, some of these control keys take on text editing functions instead (CTRL - A, E, and K, and DELETE), so you should clear the command line before trying to edit atoms. ATOM REPLACEMENT CTRL-C Replace picked atom with carbon (C) CTRL-N Replace picked atom with nitrogen (N) CTRL-O Replace picked atom with oxygen (O) CTRL-S Replace picked atom with sulpher (S) CTRL-G Replace picked atom with hydrogen (H) CTRL-F Replace picked atom with fluorene (F) CTRL-L Replace picked atom with chlorine (Cl) CTRL-B Replace picked atom with bromine (Br) CTRL-I Replace picked atom with iodine (I) ATOM MODIFICATION CTRL-J Set charge on picked atom to -1 CTRL-K Set charge on picked atom to +1 CTRL-D Remove atom or bond (DELETE works too). CTRL-Y Add a hydrogen to the current atom CTRL-R Adjust hydrogens on atom/bond to match ..→

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