the guys at EBI always renumber the solvent molecules, ions and/or ligands
following a so-called uniformatory convention during coordinate deposition.
i'm sure kim will respond and explain how this is done for a good reason
Would it be possible to make a lobby and get the PDB NOT TO CHANGE anything
we don?t want to have changed in the structures that are supposed to be
alternatively - we could all follow the convention from the start
This is as if I went to the bank to deposit some money in what's theore-
tically my account and that it was actually the clerk that told me how much
I have to deposit !
since you need to deposit in order to publish (not to mention the fact that
most structures are paid for by tax-payers' money) i would argue that the
simile is wrong. it is more like going to the *tax office*. and, yes, the tax
man does tend to tell you how much you have to deposit ... [of course, if you
live in Natureland, Scienceland or Cellland, you may get away with tax evasion
...]
--dvd
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[Research Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology University of Uppsala
Biomedical Centre Box 596
SE-751 24 Uppsala SWEDEN
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