On Saturday, 27 June 2015 04:39:56 PM Clarke, Oliver wrote:

> I would still ultimately favor making it a standard residue with three letter 
> code UNK and single letter code X - it allows for easy specification of 
> ambiguity, and it is the PDB-sanctioned way of representing an amino acid of 
> unknown identity. 
> 
> I would also suggest being able to set this as the default type for new 
> residues - it allows easy recognition of amino acids that are as yet 
> unassigned, and avoids confusion with alanine.

I like that idea a lot.


        Ethan

> 
> Cheers,
> Oliver.

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