Structures such as 1HX0 contain fragments that only appear at an alternate location (other than A):
HETATM 4180 C1 AGLC B 1 43.566 24.157 57.826 0.76 28.81 C
HETATM 4181 C2 AGLC B 1 43.954 22.844 57.134 0.76 30.75 C
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HETATM 4190 O5 AGLC B 1 42.375 23.960 58.622 0.76 30.32 O
HETATM 4191 O6 AGLC B 1 40.260 22.784 59.866 0.76 43.68 O
HETATM 4192 C2 BBGC B 1 43.954 22.844 57.134 0.24 30.75 C
HETATM 4193 C3 BBGC B 1 42.748 22.328 56.383 0.24 24.17 C
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HETATM 4202 O5 BBGC B 1 42.375 23.960 58.622 0.24 30.32 O
HETATM 4203 O6 BBGC B 1 40.071 24.536 59.746 0.24 36.59 O
Our current PDB reader ignores fragment BGC at location B (as well as all of its atoms) as there is no version of it at location A.
Structures such as
1HX0contain fragments that only appear at an alternate location (other thanA):Our current PDB reader ignores fragment
BGCat locationB(as well as all of its atoms) as there is no version of it at locationA.