Author Description
This is a utility to convert Protein Data Bank (Brookhaven) files to the format read byMM 2.0 (or higher). This program presents a summary of the contents of the PDB file on screen (numbers of chains, residues, atoms, helices, etc.) and provides considerable choice over the data selected for conversion to theMM.MOL file format.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This text serves as a technical manual for a utility program designed to bridge the gap between Protein Data Bank (PDB) files and the MM 2.0 molecular modeling software. The author, Crabbe, provides a functional overview of a conversion tool that extracts structural data from standardized PDB files to generate compatible MM.MOL files. The documentation focuses on the utility's capacity to parse complex biological data and offer users granular control over the selection of specific molecular components for further analysis.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Procedures for converting Brookhaven Protein Data Bank files to MM.MOL format
- Methods for summarizing structural metadata such as chain, residue, and atom counts
- Instructions for filtering and selecting specific molecular data for export
Scope Limits
- The text does not provide general tutorials on molecular modeling theory
- It does not cover compatibility with software versions lower than MM 2.0
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Users identify this as a specialized technical reference for researchers working with legacy molecular modeling software. The documentation is noted for its direct, functional approach to data conversion tasks within computational biology workflows.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
1992-06-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192680331
ISBN-13:
9780192680334
Science
Computational biology
Reference
Software Documentation
Bioinformatics