
Hi I am using Chimera to try to visualise and then highlight the position of several amino acid mutations on a virus capsid. I have managed to use the Multiscale module to build the capsid from a PDB file. My next step is to select the residues of interest. I am able to use the Select command to find the residue within the icosahedral asymmetric unit - e.g. "select #0:14.A" However, when I apply the same command to the modelled surfaces, it doesn't work. More specifically when I run "select #1:14.A" at the command line - nothing happens - not even an error message. However, I can hunt around in the modelled surfaces on the screen and then use the mouse to interactively select the residue of interest - so Chimera seems to know which residues are which on the modelled surfaces. Thanks in advance for any guidance on how to deal with this problem. Peter Durr