# Defining restraints residue-wise

**URL:** <https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/defining-restraints-residue-wise/418>\
**Category:** DISVIS\
**Created:** [July 25, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/defining-restraints-residue-wise/418 "2017-07-25T09:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![MartaGCarneiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MartaGCarneiro](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/MartaGCarneiro)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/defining-restraints-residue-wise/418/1 "2017-07-25T09:59:12Z")

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Hi there,

Is there a way to define restraints in DisVis residue-wise, instead of atom-wise? I’m thinking about something along the lines of active residues in HADDOCK.

Thanks,  
Marta

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**Author:** ![J.Schaarschmidt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@J.Schaarschmidt](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/u/J.Schaarschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://ask.bioexcel.eu/t/defining-restraints-residue-wise/418/2 "2017-07-25T10:20:55Z")

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Hi Marta,  
no there is no such option in DisVis you will have to specify a specific Atom. If you don’t want to select a specific side chain atom it would be advised to choose the C beta (or alpha in case of Glycine) to account for side chain orientation and adjust your distance cutoff if needed.  
However, a feature which will be most likely included in the next version of DisVis is the capability to specify ambiguous restraints, which might be an alternative for your problem.