Rendering Styles for Molecular Visualization

Molecules can be visualized with various types of styles, colors, depth and so forth. Below is a list of styles available for molecular visualization, which can include illustrations, multimedia, animation, and more. Every atom, groups of atoms, subdomains, domains, co-factors, ligands, solvent molecules and such can be visualized with any of the following styles.


Styles

Note - the molecules chosen are collagen (1BKV), hemoglobin (1HHO), and green fluorescent protein (1GFL)

Live Example

Human oxyhaemoglobin (PDB 1HHO) is shown with one subunit ("chain") shown as a red-colored surface, another as a sage-colored cartoon, solvent atoms shown as light blue-colored space-filling dots, and the a heme group and the bound oxygen as a hybrid "ball and sticks", colored by standard atom colors (carbon - grey, oxygen - red, nitrogen - blue).

Individual Styles

Lines

Style: Lines

Sticks, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Cartoon, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Space-Filling Dots, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Surface, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Cylinder Helices, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Depth Fogging - no DF on left, enabled on right

Style: Lines

Lines, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Ribbon, with color by chain

Style: Lines

CPK/Space-Filling, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Surface Mesh, with color by chain

Style: Lines

Cartoon Helices , with color by chain

Style: Lines

Beta Strands/Sheets, with color by secondary structure element

Style: Lines