Data Item _entity.type

General

Item name
_entity.type
Category name
entity
Attribute name
type
Required in PDB entries
no
Used in current PDB entries
Yes, in about 100.0 % of entries

Item Description

Entities are of two types polymer or non-polymer.

Item Example

 
polymer

Data Type

Data type code
line
Data type detail
char item types / multi-word items ...
Primitive data type code
char
Regular expression
[][ \t_(),.;:"&<>/\{}'`~!@#$%?+=*A-Za-z0-9|^-]*
Default value
polymer

Controlled Vocabulary

Allowed Value Details
aggregate
non-polymer Ligand, metal ion, or other non-polymeric molecule
polymer A biological polymer (protein, peptide, nucleic acid, etc.)
solvent
water

Controlled Vocabulary at Deposition

Allowed Value Details
aggregate
non-polymer Ligand, metal ion, or other non-polymeric molecule
polymer A biological polymer (protein, peptide, nucleic acid, etc.)
solvent
water