[Biopython] PDB bfactor

Fabian Glaser fglaser at technion.ac.il
Tue Oct 26 05:43:09 UTC 2010


Hi Joao,

Yes I know that there are only 5 characters alloted, I was hoping to
find a way to bypass that... I need more accuracy.

Thanks a lot,

Fabian

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM, João Rodrigues <anaryin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Fabian,
>
> Please have a look here:
> http://www.wwpdb.org/documentation/format32/sect9.html#ATOM
>
> The PDB format is quite annoying because it's basically space-based. So, for
> the B factor, you have 5 characters alloted meaning it is usually YY.XX
>
> Therefore, although some programs might accept longer B factors, the Parser
> will reject it.
>
> Best!
>
> João Rodrigues
>



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