PDB_FROMCIF(1)

💖 NAME 💖

pdb_fromcif — bestie, it's the manual page for pdb_fromcif version 2.5.1 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so first things first, the vibe check came back and, uh:

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

Not me getting hit with that 😭 anyway. Moving on, because the actual tea is good.

pdb_fromcif rudimentarily converts a mmCIF file into the PDB format. Rudimentarily!! It said what it said, she's not doing the most, she's doing enough 💅

And here's the important part, so listen up: it will not convert if the file does not "fit" in PDB format. Like, if there are too many chains, too many residues, or too many atoms? She's not even trying, she's just not doing it. Periodt. 🚫

Also it will convert only the coordinate section. That's it. That's the whole menu. Don't come for her about the rest 🎀

🌸 Usage 🌸

python pdb_fromcif.py <pdb file>

🦋 Example 🦋

python pdb_fromcif.py 1CTF.pdb

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👑 the pdb-tools lore 👑

This program is part of the pdb-tools suite of utilities and should not be distributed isolatedly. Fr fr, she needs her friends 🫶

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 giving pipeline. It's giving main character energy. It's giving ✨composability✨

They are based on old FORTRAN77 code that was taking too much effort to maintain and compile.

RIP. 💀🪦😭

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That's the whole page, bestie! Written up for pdb_fromcif version 2.5.1, dated September 2024. Take care of her, use her in a pipeline, and never, ever ship her alone. Mwah 💋💖🌸