There is a CCP4 basic program rwcontents

Run it as
rwcontents xyzin rna.pdb
It lists no_of_C m no_of_O etc.. and sums their mass
If you have the H atoms in the pdb that will give you the total mass.

If not you will have to estimate the no of H yourself..
Eleanor




On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 16:46, David Armstrong <dav...@ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear Reza,
>
>
> The calculated molecular weight for each molecule in a PDB entry is given
> in the archive PDBx/mmCIF file. The weight in Daltons is given in the
> _entity.formula_weight category. Please see
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry-files/4tna.cif for an example file.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> David
>
> On 16/11/18 16:19, Reza Khayat wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I’m not an RNA person. Can anyone suggest a method to calculate the mass
> of a RNA PDB?  I’d like the protons to also be considered in the
> calculation. Thanks.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Reza
>
>
>
> Reza Khayat, PhD
>
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>
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>
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> http://www.khayatlab.org/
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>
>
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