Residue¶

class visualife.data.Residue(rname, resid, icode=' ')¶

Bases: object

Represents a residue including its name, id, atoms, owner etc.

Attributes Summary

`atoms`	list of atoms of this residue
`icode`	insertion code for this residue
`owner`	provides the chain that owns this residue
`res_id`	residue ID
`res_name`	name of this residue in the 3-letter code

Methods Summary

locator() Returns a string that identifies this residue :return: a sting that consist of chain id (single character) + residue id (integer) + icode (most often a space)

Attributes Documentation

atoms¶

list of atoms of this residue

Getter:	a list of atoms
Type:	`list[Atom]`

icode¶

insertion code for this residue

Getter:	insertion code for this residue
Setter:	sets insertion code for this residue
Type:	`char`

owner¶

provides the chain that owns this residue

Getter:	residue owner
Setter:	sets the new owner for this residue
Type:	`Chain`

res_id¶

residue ID

Getter:	index of a residue (might be negative!)
Setter:	Sets this residue ID number
Type:	`int`

res_name¶

name of this residue in the 3-letter code

Getter:	name of this residue, e.g. `ALA`
Setter:	Sets this residue name
Type:	`string`

Methods Documentation

locator()¶: Returns a string that identifies this residue :return: a sting that consist of chain id (single character) + residue id (integer) + icode (most often a space)