Data Item _entity.pdbx_description
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General 
- Item name
- _entity.pdbx_description
- Category name
- entity
- Attribute name
- pdbx_description
- Required in PDB entries
- no
- Required for PDB deposition
- yes
- Used in current PDB entries
- Yes, in about 100.0 % of entries
Item Description
A description of the entity.
Corresponds to the compound name in the PDB format.
Item Example1
DNA (5'-D(*GP*(CH3)CP*GP*(CH3)CP*GP*C)-3')
Item Example2
PROFLAVINE
Item Example3
PROTEIN (DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I (E.C.3.1.21.1))
Additional Item Example for Depositors
Green fluorescent protein
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|^-]*
Aliases
| Alias Item Name | Dictionary Name | Dictionary Version |
|---|---|---|
| _entity.ndb_description | cif_rcsb.dic | 1.1 |