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Entertaining PDB codes
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Here are some entertaining (amusing, humorous, funny) PDB codes[1].
- 1and
- 1aok appears to be A OK.
- 1ask
- 1atp includes ATP (but 2atp does not).
- 1bad yes, its a theoretical model.
- 1bah
- 1big has only 37 amino acids.
- 1bra has a binding pocket.
- 1boo
- 1bye
- 1bzo missing a vowel.
- 1cif is available in PDB format.
- 1dam
- 1dog
- 1dud has an interesting trimeric biological unit.
- 1dul is very interesting.
- 1dum
- 1eat concerns an orally active compound.
- 1ego
- 1faq
- 1foo
- 1god
- 1goo
- 1hmm
- 1hot
- 1ion contains Mg++
- 1lie
- 1loo
- 1nmr was solved by solution NMR. Compare with 2nmr and 1xrd.
- 1oca
- 1off
- 1ohm
- 1ooh
- 1oop
- 1pdb is available in CIF format.
- 1pqs
- 1rid (turned out to be fraudulent)
- 1sux
- 1wad
- 1who
- 1wiz
- 1wow
- 1xrd was solved by solution NMR. Compare with 1nmr, 2xrd.
- 1xyz
- 1zap is a protease.
- 1zyx
- 1zzz
- 2adp has no ADP, but 1atp has ATP.
- 2bed was eventually put to bed.
- 2cuz has related entries (REMARK 900).
- 2err
- 2lok was released in 2012.
- 2nmr, 3nmr, 4nmr, 5nmr, 6nmr, 7nmr were all solved by X-ray diffraction, but check out 1nmr.
- 2pee
- 2poo
- 2xrd, 4xrd, 5xrd were all solved by X-ray diffraction. Compare with 1xrd, 1nmr.
- 3ric Surely a personal favorite for User:Eric Martz!
- 4arf Pet friendly.
- 4fit Don't forfeit your histidine triad (HIT)!
- 4you Just for you!
- 3way
- 6pax
Notes
- ↑ Thanks to Dan Bolser and the (now defunct) PDB Wiki for some of these examples.
