This is a little PyMOL script that I’ve used to draw antibody-antigen interfaces. If you’d like a commented version on what each and every line does, contact me! This is a slight modification of what has been done in PyMOL Wiki.
load FILENAME set_name FILENAME, complex set bg_rgb, [1,1,1] color white hide lines show cartoon select antibody, chain a select antigen, chain b select paratopeAtoms, antibody within 4.5 of antigen select epitopeAtoms, antigen within 4.5 of antibody select paratopeRes, byres paratopeAtoms select epitopeRes, byres epitopeAtoms distance interactions, paratopeAtoms, epitopeAtoms, 4.5, 0 color red, interactions hide labels, interactions show sticks, paratopeRes show sticks, epitopeRes set cartoon_side_chain_helper, on set sphere_quality, 2 set sphere_scale, 0.3 show spheres, paratopeAtoms show spheres, epitopeAtoms color tv_blue, paratopeAtoms color tv_yellow, epitopeAtoms set ray_trace_mode, 3 unset depth_cue set specular, 0.5
Once you orient it to where you’d like it and ray it, you should get something like this.
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