Re:[ccp4bb]:CIF2PDB?

[Alexei Vagin <alexei@ysbl.york.ac.uk>]

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> Hello,
>
> I have kind of a funny problem: I retrieved a structure file from the
> Cambridge Database in CIF format - but I cannot get it into the PDB
> format. I tried:
> - CIFTr (from http://pdb.rutgers.edu/mmcif/). Gives a run time error.
> - CIF2PDB (from
> http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/cif2pdb/DISCUSS.cif2pdb.html)
> doesn't compile properly - at least in my hands.
>
> Are there any other conversion programs? I hardly can belive that we have
> such a big compatibility problem between small - and large molecule
> crystallography. Actually, aren't we supposed to switch to (mm)CIF anyways
> sooner or later ??
>
> Help is highly appreciated
>

please try to use libcheck (ccp4 program)

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