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[[PDB files]] contain atomic coordinates plus additional annotations in a '''header section'''. The header section is everything before the first record (line) beginning with MODEL or ATOM.
[[PDB files]] contain atomic coordinates plus additional annotations in a '''header section'''. The header section is everything before the first record (line) beginning with MODEL or ATOM or HETATM. Here is an excerpt of the header for [[1ijw]]:
 
<pre>HEADER    DNA BINDING PROTEIN/DNA                30-APR-01  1IJW             
TITLE    TESTING THE WATER-MEDIATED HIN RECOMBINASE DNA RECOGNITION           
TITLE    2 BY SYSTEMATIC MUTATIONS.                                           
COMPND    MOL_ID: 1;                                                           
COMPND  2 MOLECULE: 5'-D(*TP*GP*TP*TP*TP*TP*TP*GP*AP*TP*AP*AP*GP*A)-         
COMPND  3 3';                                                                 
COMPND  4 CHAIN: A;                                                           
COMPND  5 ENGINEERED: YES;                                                   
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CRYST1  85.749  81.136  44.596  90.00  90.00  90.00 C 2 2 21      8         
ORIGX1      1.000000  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                       
ORIGX2      0.000000  1.000000  0.000000        0.00000                       
ORIGX3      0.000000  0.000000  1.000000        0.00000                       
SCALE1      0.011662  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                       
SCALE2      0.000000  0.012325  0.000000        0.00000                       
SCALE3      0.000000  0.000000  0.022424        0.00000
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The header '''section''' should not be confused with the HEADER record, which is the first line in a PDB file, and always a single line. Here is the HEADER record for [[1ijw]]:
The header '''section''' should not be confused with the HEADER record, which is the first line in a PDB file, and always a single line. Here is the HEADER record for [[1ijw]]:

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