Phil

If MSE were described with ATOM cards then rasmol and other graphics programs
would display it in a sensible manner. This would be contrary to wwPDB policy
which is to make coordinates C++-friendly rather than human-useable.

Pete
Pete Artymiuk

Quoting Phil Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> <flame>
> As an aside, does anyone understand why MSE is not an amino-acid?
> Phil
> </flame>
> 
> On 30 Aug 2007, at 15:31, Clemens Vonrhein wrote:
> 
> > If your PDB file conforms to standard
> >
> >   http://www.wwpdb.org/documentation/format23/sect9.html#ATOM
> >
> > you could do
> >
> >   % egrep "^CRYST|^SCALE|^ATOM" your.pdb > standard_residues_only.pdb
> >
> > You'll miss the 'non-standard' Se-MET residue 'MSE' ;-)
> 

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