#!rasmol -script # File: haem5.spt # Creator: RasMol Version 2.6, modified by Eleanor Stainback # Assumes pdb file already loaded in Rasmol Window background [0,0,0] set ambient 60 set specular on reset select all label off cpk off ribbon off wireframe slab off rotate z -1 rotate y 2 rotate x -5 translate x 14 translate y -65 zoom 466 set bonds off set axes off set boundingbox off set unitcell off set bondmode and dots off # Avoid Colour Problems! select all colour bonds none colour backbone none colour hbonds none colour ssbonds none colour ribbons none colour white #color by modified cpk select carbon color greenblue select nitrogen color blue select oxygen color red select iron color orange #show all connections, including iron in heme group select all connect true #isolate heme group and important histidines restrict (hem, his87, his58) and *a select (hem, his87, his58) and *a wireframe 40 cpk 120 #centre rotation of molecule centre atomno=1071 #echo statements echo Oxygen bound to heme group of haemoglobin echo Carbon in green, nitrogen in blue, oxygen in red echo iron in orange echo Note important histidine residues proximal to the heme group