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From: Justin Gullingsrud (justin_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 09:45:07 CST

Hi,

As far as VMD (and NAMD, I think) are concerned, you can put whatever
you want in the residue field of the PDB file, even letters mixed with
numbers; e.g.,

9998
9999
A000
A001
...

Whatever's easiest for what you're doing. VMD will keep the residues in
the correct order, though atom selections like "resid > 9999" will give
you zero atoms since int(A000) -> 0.

Cheers,
Justin

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:21:37AM -0600, Jim Phillips wrote:
>
> Use multiple segments, each of which can contain 9999 atoms.
>
> -Jim
>
>
> On 30 Jan 2003, gianluca santarossa wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I've a problem regarding pdb files: in fact I'm working with a system
> > with more than 9999 residues, but pdb files can contain only 4 colums
> > for residue field.
> > Is there a way to overcome this limit?
> >
> > I'm sorry if it's off topic, or if it's FAQ, but I didn't find any
> > answer from the net.
> > Thanks.
> > 

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