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' ;-) >