PDB_CHKENSEMBLE(1)

✨ NAME ✨

pdb_chkensemble — okay bestie, this is the manual page for pdb_chkensemble version 2.5.1 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ngl, the first thing it says is this:

pdb_chkensemble File not found or not readable: '--help'

yeah girl, that's literally what it prints, don't ask me why 🙈

Okay so what this lil icon actually does: it checks that all the models in a multi-model PDB file have the same composition ✨

And when we say "composition," we mean the same atoms/residues/chains — like, everyone's gotta match, no cap 💖

🎀 Usage:

python pdb_chkensemble.py <pdb file>

🍓 Example:

python pdb_chkensemble.py 1CTF.pdb

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Now for the lore, because it's giving origin story:

This program is part of the pdb-tools suite of utilities and should not be distributed isolatedly. fr fr, keep the squad together 👑

The pdb-tools were created to quickly manipulate PDB files using the terminal, and they can be used sequentially, with one tool streaming data to another 🌈 it's a whole pipeline moment, main character energy

They're based on old FORTRAN77 code that was taking too much effort to maintain and compile. RIP 💀🪦

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and that's the whole page bestie, ily, go check those ensembles 🫶

this was pdb_chkensemble 2.5.1, from September 2024, hanging out in the User Commands section — PDB_CHKENSEMBLE(1), periodt 💅✨