Hi Robbie

Many thanks. I should tell the owners of the prediction server that they’re 
writing non-compliant files, in that case.

So “BIDEN” is not compliant but “TRUMP” is? He’d like that…

H

> On 29 May 2020, at 16:02, Robbie Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Harry,
> 
> You need this: 
> http://www.wwpdb.org/documentation/file-format-content/format33/sect9.html#MODEL
> 
> Essentially you have to make sure a MODEL has a number and a closing tag. It 
> is read as a real PDB record so you have to make sure it is correct BIDEN is 
> not PDB compliant and will be either ignored or a parser will throw an error.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robbie
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Harry
>> Powell - CCP4BB
>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 16:57
>> To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: [ccp4bb] PDB file header lines...
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Is there something about “MODEL ” lines (i.e. five characters followed by a
>> space) in PDB files that is completely beyond the pale?
>> 
>> I’ve got some PDB files from a protein structure prediction server based in
>> the US that Coot fails to read and that cause QTMG to crash on my Mac. I’ve
>> tracked this down to “MODEL” lines in the file headers.
>> 
>> I’ve tested this most in QTMG, so the following may not be true for Coot. If 
>> I
>> change this line so that it has “M ”, “MO ”, “MOD ”, MODE ”, “MODEL1 ”,
>> “MODEL22 ”, “MODEL678 ” or even “MODEL^&* ” instead of “MODEL ” then
>> all looks hunky-dory.
>> 
>> I thought - “aha - there’s something about 5 characters” - so I tried 
>> replacing
>> “MODEL ” with “TRUMP ” and “BIDEN ” and the files read okay, so it does
>> look very specific.
>> 
>> I’m sure there’s a simple answer to this (is there a “FM” I could read?), 
>> but I
>> haven’t found one yet. Can anyone on the BB help out?
>> 
>> Harry
>> 
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