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Re:[ccp4bb]:CIF2PDB?



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Hi

CIF from the CSD is small molecule 'core CIF' - not the same as mmCIF
[which has numerous additions and extensions]. You should be able to use
BABEL to produce PDB files from CIF.

> >
> > 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 ??

Harry
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Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills
Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH