From c6e88c3328f4e1737ae2e5acfcc1f70a3a5988f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Krieger <jamesmkrieger@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:15:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] permit atomic input to deformAtoms

---
 prody/dynamics/sampling.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prody/dynamics/sampling.py b/prody/dynamics/sampling.py
index 272b230bd..0af1f0404 100644
--- a/prody/dynamics/sampling.py
+++ b/prody/dynamics/sampling.py
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ def deformAtoms(atoms, mode, rmsd=None, replace=False, scale=None):
     generate a coordinate set with given RMSD distance to the active coordinate
     set."""
 
-    if not isinstance(atoms, AtomGroup):
-        raise TypeError('atoms must be an AtomGroup, not {0}'
+    if not isinstance(atoms, Atomic):
+        raise TypeError('atoms must be an Atomic object, not {0}'
                         .format(type(atoms)))
     if not isinstance(mode, VectorBase):
         raise TypeError('mode must be a Mode or Vector instance, '