Entertaining PDB codes

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Here are some entertaining (amusing, humorous) PDB codes^[1].

• 1and
• 1aok appears to be A OK.
• 1ask
• 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.
• 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, but check out 2nmr.
• 1oca
• 1off
• 1ohm
• 1ooh
• 1oop
• 1pdb is available in CIF format.
• 1pqs
• 1rid (turned out to be fraudulent)
• 1sux
• 1wad
• 1who
• 1wiz
• 1wow
• 1xyz
• 1zap is a protease.
• 1zyx
• 1zzz
• 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
• 3ric Surely a personal favorite!
• 4arf Pet friendly.
• 4fit Don't forfeit your histidine triad (HIT)!
• 4you Just for you!
• 3way
• 6pax

Notes

1. ↑ Thanks to Dan Bolser and the (now defunct) PDB Wiki for some of these examples.