2.3 Example of a PDB File

Let's look in detail at a PDB file: 1TSI, a complex of the enzyme triosephosphate isomerase with the inhibitor N-HYDROXY-4-PHOSPHONO-BUTANAMIDE.

HEADER    ISOMERASE(INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTSE) 19-NOV-92   1TSI      1TSI   2
COMPND    TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE (E.C.5.3.1.1) COMPLEX WITH          1TSIA  1
COMPND   2 N-HYDROXY-4-PHOSPHONO-BUTANAMIDE                             1TSI   4
SOURCE    (TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI)                                   1TSI   5
AUTHOR    C.L.M.J.VERLINDE                                              1TSI   6
REVDAT   2   15-OCT-94 1TSIA   1       COMPND                           1TSIA  2
REVDAT   1   31-JAN-94 1TSI    0                                        1TSI   7
JRNL        AUTH   C.L.M.J.VERLINDE,C.J.WITMANS,T.PIJNING,K.H.KALK,     1TSI   8
JRNL        AUTH 2 W.G.J.HOL                                            1TSI   9
JRNL        TITL   STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX BETWEEN TRYPANOSOMAL        1TSI  10
JRNL        TITL 2 TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE AND                        1TSI  11
JRNL        TITL 3 N-HYDROXY-4-PHOSPHONO-BUTANAMIDE:  BINDING AT THE    1TSI  12
JRNL        TITL 4 ACTIVE SITE DESPITE AN "OPEN" FLEXIBLE LOOP          1TSI  13
JRNL        REF    PROTEIN SCI.                  V.   1  1578 1992      1TSI  14
JRNL        REFN   ASTM         US ISSN 0961-8368                  795  1TSI  15
REMARK   1 REFERENCE 1                                                  1TSI  16
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REMARK   2                                                              1TSI  39
REMARK   2 RESOLUTION. 2.84 ANGSTROMS                                   1TSI  40
REMARK   3                                                              1TSI  41
REMARK   3 REFINEMENT.                                                  1TSI  42
REMARK   3   PROGRAM                    TNT                             1TSI  43
REMARK   3   AUTHORS                    TRONRUD,TEN EYCK,MATTHEWS       1TSI  44
REMARK   3   R VALUE                    0.115                           1TSI  45
REMARK   3   RMSD BOND DISTANCES        0.012  ANGSTROMS                1TSI  46
REMARK   3   RMSD BOND ANGLES           3.2    DEGREES                  1TSI  47
REMARK   3                                                              1TSI  48
REMARK   3   NUMBER OF REFLECTIONS      6530                            1TSI  49
REMARK   3   RESOLUTION RANGE       6.0 - 2.84 ANGSTROMS                1TSI  50
REMARK   3   DATA CUTOFF                0.0    SIGMA(F)                 1TSI  51
REMARK   3   PERCENT COMPLETION         0.958                           1TSI  52
REMARK   3                                                              1TSI  53
REMARK   3   NUMBER OF PROTEIN ATOMS                       3771         1TSI  54
REMARK   3   NUMBER OF SOLVENT ATOMS                         53         1TSI  55
REMARK   4                                                              1TSI  56
REMARK   4 THE MODEL DOES NOT CONTAIN THE ATOMS CG,CD,OE1,NE2 OF        1TSI  57
REMARK   4 GLN 19, AND CD,OE1,OE2 OF GLU 323 DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF      1TSI  58
REMARK   4 INTERPRETABLE DENSITY.                                       1TSI  59
REMARK   5                                                              1TSI  60
REMARK   5 THIS COORDINATE SET HAS BEEN DESIGNATED GTIM_4PBH_13MAY92    1TSI  61
REMARK   5 BY THE DEPOSITOR.                                            1TSI  62
REMARK   6                                                              1TSI  63
REMARK   6 THE ASYMMETRIC UNIT CONSISTS OF A DIMER. THE TWO             1TSI  64
REMARK   6 MOLECULES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED CHAIN INDICATORS *A* AND *B*.   1TSI  65
REMARK   6 THE CRYSTALS USED FOR THIS STRUCTURE DETERMINATION WERE      1TSI  66
REMARK   6 GROWN IN THE PRESENCE OF 2.4M AMMONIUM SULFATE (SEE PROTEIN  1TSI  67
REMARK   6 DATA BANK ENTRY 2TIM), BUT BEFORE DATA COLLECTION THESE      1TSI  68
REMARK   6 CRYSTALS WERE TRANSFERRED TO A MOTHER LIQUOR WITHOUT         1TSI  69
REMARK   6 SULFATE. THE ACTIVE SITE OF SUBUNIT *A* CONTAINS THE         1TSI  70
REMARK   6 INHIBITOR N-HYDROXY-4-PHOSPHONO-BUTANAMIDE                   1TSI  71
REMARK   6 (KI = 0.3 * 10**-3 M). IN THIS ENTRY THE FLEXIBLE LOOP       1TSI  72
REMARK   6 (LOOP 6) OF EACH SUBUNIT IS IN AN OPEN CONFORMATION.         1TSI  73
REMARK   7                                                              1TSI  74
REMARK   7 SECONDARY STRUCTURE SPECIFICATIONS WERE MADE BY USE OF       1TSI  75
REMARK   7 PROGRAM *DSSP* OF W. KABSCH AND C. SANDER.                   1TSI  76
REMARK   8                                                              1TSI  77
REMARK   8 THE SHEETS PRESENTED AS *A* AND *B* ON SHEET RECORDS BELOW   1TSI  78
REMARK   8 ARE ACTUALLY EIGHT-STRANDED BETA-BARRELS. THESE ARE          1TSI  79
REMARK   8 REPRESENTED BY NINE-STRANDED SHEETS IN WHICH THE FIRST AND   1TSI  80
REMARK   8 LAST STRANDS ARE IDENTICAL.                                  1TSI  81
SEQRES   1 A  250  MET SER LYS PRO GLN PRO ILE ALA ALA ALA ASN TRP LYS  1TSI  82
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HET    4PB    600      11     N-HYDROXY-4-PHOSPHONO-BUTANAMIDE          1TSI 122
FORMUL   3  4PB    C4 H8 N1 O5 P1 --                                    1TSI 123
FORMUL   4  HOH   *53(H2 O1)                                            1TSI 124
HELIX    1  1A GLN A   18  SER A   30  1                                1TSI 125
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SHEET    1   A 9 ILE A   7  ASN A  11  0                                1TSI 147
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CRYST1  113.340   97.150   46.450  90.00  90.00  90.00 P 21 21 21    8  1TSI 165
ORIGX1      1.000000  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                 1TSI 166
ORIGX2      0.000000  1.000000  0.000000        0.00000                 1TSI 167
ORIGX3      0.000000  0.000000  1.000000        0.00000                 1TSI 168
SCALE1      0.008823  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                 1TSI 169
SCALE2      0.000000  0.010293  0.000000        0.00000                 1TSI 170
SCALE3      0.000000  0.000000  0.021529        0.00000                 1TSI 171
ATOM      1  N   SER A   2      28.425  57.398  19.636  1.00 32.17      1TSI 172
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ATOM   3772  OXT GLN B 250      40.144  -2.108 -21.613  1.00 69.66      1TSI3943
TER    3773      GLN B 250                                              1TSI3944
HETATM 3774  C1  4PB   600      34.802  29.953  22.871  1.00 27.54      1TSI3945
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CONECT 3774 3775 3781                                                   1TSI4009
CONECT 3775 3774 3776                                                   1TSI4010
CONECT 3776 3775 3777                                                   1TSI4011
CONECT 3777 3776 3778 3779                                              1TSI4012
CONECT 3778 3777 3780                                                   1TSI4013
CONECT 3779 3777                                                        1TSI4014
CONECT 3780 3778                                                        1TSI4015
CONECT 3781 3774 3782 3783 3784                                         1TSI4016
CONECT 3782 3781                                                        1TSI4017
CONECT 3783 3781                                                        1TSI4018
CONECT 3784 3781                                                        1TSI4019
MASTER       69    0    1   22   18    0    0    6 3835    2   11   40  1TSIA  6
END                                                                     1TSI4021

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