Atom name wildcard
OVERVIEW
[edit]This setting controls whether or not PyMOL will respect wildcards ("*"). PyMOL automatically disables the asterisk wildcard for atom names in PDB structures read which contain asterisks in the atom name field (as many NA structures do).
USAGE
[edit]The following code will restore wildcard usage in PyMOL, if it has been turned off.
# allow wildcards
unset atom_name_wildcard, object-name
Please note, however, that PyMOL will then be unable to distinguish C2 in the base from C2* in the sugar.
If, before running the previous command, you instead issue the following command:
# change all '*'s in names to "'"
alter all, name=name.replace("*","'")
you will be able to distinguish C2 from C2' and still have your atom name wildcards!