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. -- mail: Biomolecular Structure Center, K-428 Health Sciences Bldg MS 357742, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742