1 <title>pdb file format
</title>
3 <h1>pdb file format
</h1>
6 Files with the
<a href=
"pdb.html">.pdb
</a> extension are molecular
7 structure files in the protein databank file format. The protein
8 databank file format describes the positions of atoms in a molecular
9 structure. Coordinates are read from the ATOM and HETATM records,
10 until the file ends or an ENDMDL record is encountered.
11 GROMACS programs can read and write a simlation box in the
13 The pdb format can also be used as a trajectory format:
14 several structures, seperated by ENDMDL, can be read from
15 or written to one file.
19 An pdb file should look like this
21 ATOM
1 H1 LYS
1 14.260 6.590 34.480 1.00 0.00
22 ATOM
2 H2 LYS
1 13.760 5.000 34.340 1.00 0.00
23 ATOM
3 N LYS
1 14.090 5.850 33.800 1.00 0.00
24 ATOM
4 H3 LYS
1 14.920 5.560 33.270 1.00 0.00
30 <a href=
"../tutor/speptide/speptide.pdb.txt">speptide.pdb
</a>:
31 Protein structure file of Ribonuclease A speptide in protein data
35 Links to descriptions of the pdb format
36 can be found on the
<A HREF=
"../links.html">Links page
</A>.