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Data Item
_entity.id
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Item name
_entity.id
Category name
entity
Attribute name
id
Required in PDB entries
yes
Used in current PDB entries
Yes, in about 100.0 % of entries
Item Description
The value of _entity.id must uniquely identify a record in the ENTITY list. Note that this item need not be a number; it can be any unique identifier.
Data Type
Data type code
code
Data type detail
code item types/single words ...
Primitive data type code
char
Regular expression
[_,.;:"&<>()/\{}'`~!@#$%A-Za-z0-9*|+-]*
Child Data Items
_atom_site.label_entity_id
_entity_keywords.entity_id
_entity_link.entity_id_1
_entity_link.entity_id_2
_entity_name_com.entity_id
_entity_name_sys.entity_id
_entity_poly.entity_id
_entity_src_gen.entity_id
_entity_src_nat.entity_id
_struct_asym.entity_id
_struct_ref.entity_id