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

Defines the type of the entity. Polymer entities are expected to have corresponding ENTITY_POLY and associated entries. Non-polymer entities are expected to have corresponding CHEM_COMP and associated entries. Water entities are not expected to have corresponding entries in the ENTITY category.

Data Type

Data type code
ucode
Data type detail
code item types/single words (case insensitive) ...
Primitive data type code
uchar
Regular expression
[_,.;:"&<>()/\{}'`~!@#$%A-Za-z0-9*|+-]*

Controlled Vocabulary

Allowed Value Details
non-polymer entity is not a polymer
polymer entity is a polymer
water water in the solvent model

Controlled Vocabulary at Deposition

Allowed Value Details
non-polymer entity is not a polymer
polymer entity is a polymer
water water in the solvent model