Data Item _struct_biol_gen.symmetry

General

Item name
_struct_biol_gen.symmetry
Category name
struct_biol_gen
Attribute name
symmetry
Required in PDB entries
yes
Used in currrent PDB entries
No

Item Description

Describes the symmetry operation that should be applied to the atom set specified by _struct_biol_gen.asym_id to generate a portion of the biological structure.
 4
 7_645

Data Type

Data type code
symop
Data type detail
symop item types take the form n_klm, where n refers to the symmetry operation that is applied to the coordinates in the ATOM_SITE category identified by _atom_site_label. It must match a number given in _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id. k, l, and m refer to the translations that are subsequently applied to the symmetry transformed coordinates to generate the atom used. These translations (x,y,z) are related to (k,l,m) by k = 5 + x l = 5 + y m = 5 + z By adding 5 to the translations, the use of negative numbers is avoided.
Primitive data type code
char
Regular expression
([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-8][0-9]|19[0-2])(_[1-9][1-9][1-9])?