I think it is a pdb rule. Here are some of the rules:

http://www.wwpdb.org/documentation/format33/sect9.html

Charges (confusingly) could be 2+ etc. 

Regards
Garib

On 4 Oct 2011, at 16:41, Eleanor Dodson wrote:

> OK
> 
> So the ATOM TYPE has ZN O C S etc in column 77/78 and the +2 etc in 79/80
> 
> Is there any documentation for this?
> 
> E
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/04/2011 03:56 PM, Garib N Murshudov wrote:
>> If you will put element names in correct positions then refmac may have a 
>> chance to find it. Here is corrected positions:
>> 
>> ATOM   1893  O   HOH A 258      -8.934  52.268  49.467  0.00 66.53           
>> O
>> ATOM   1894 ZN    ZN B   1     -10.456  38.580  26.267  1.00 57.36          
>> ZN+2
>> ATOM   1895  O   HOH C   1      -5.932  42.917  25.589  1.00 24.02           
>> O
>> 
>> In your case all element names are moved towards left and B value of ZN is 
>> in incorrect position also.
>> 
>> ATOM   1893  O   UNK A 258      -8.934  52.268  49.467  0.00 66.53      O
>> ATOM   1894 ZN+2  ZN B   1     -10.456  38.580  26.267  1.00  57.36    ZN+2
>> ATOM   1895  O   HOH C   1      -5.932  42.917  25.589  1.00 24.02      O
>> 
>> Regards
>> Garib
>> 
>> 
>> On 4 Oct 2011, at 15:31, Eleanor Dodson wrote:
>> 
>>> Can anyone advise me how to get the Zn+2 formfactor from atomsf.lib
>>> 
>>> The input coordinate is given atom type ZN+2 but the formfactor is that for 
>>> Zn:
>>> I changed the atom name to Zn+2 but that made no difference...
>>> 
>>> ATOM   1893  O   UNK A 258      -8.934  52.268  49.467  0.00 66.53      O
>>> ATOM   1894 ZN+2  ZN B   1     -10.456  38.580  26.267  1.00  57.36    ZN+2
>>> ATOM   1895  O   HOH C   1      -5.932  42.917  25.589  1.00 24.02      O
>>> 
>>> refmac log says:
>>> 
>>> loop_
>>>     _atom_type_symbol
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_a1
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_b1
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_a2
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_b2
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_a3
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_b3
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_a4
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_b4
>>>     _atom_type_scat_Cromer_Mann_c
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  N     12.2126   0.0057   3.1322   9.8933   2.0125  28.9975   1.1663  
>>> 0.5826 -11.5290
>>>  C      2.3100  20.8439   1.0200  10.2075   1.5886   0.5687   0.8650 
>>> 51.6512   0.2156
>>>  O      3.0485  13.2771   2.2868   5.7011   1.5463   0.3239   0.8670 
>>> 32.9089   0.2508
>>>  SE    17.0006   2.4098   5.8196   0.2726   3.9731  15.2372   4.3543 
>>> 43.8163   2.8409
>>>  S      6.9053   1.4679   5.2034  22.2151   1.4379   0.2536   1.5863 
>>> 56.1720   0.8669
>>>  ZN    14.0743   3.2655   7.0318   0.2333   5.1625  10.3163   2.4100 
>>> 58.7097   1.3041
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Eleanor
>> 
>> Garib N Murshudov
>> Structural Studies Division
>> MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
>> Hills Road
>> Cambridge
>> CB2 0QH UK
>> Email: ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
>> Web http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 

Garib N Murshudov 
Structural Studies Division
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Hills Road 
Cambridge 
CB2 0QH UK
Email: ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk 
Web http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk



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