One more comment on MSE: Does anyone know why MSE was defined without a 'delta' on the selenium? Isn't that obviously wrong? Selenium-delta should be "SED ", just like S-delta is " SD ", so it can't be left off just because selenium is not a carbon.
Phil Evans wrote: > <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' ;-)