Unusual sequence numbering

The numbering of protein and nucleic acid sequences is arbitrary in structure files from the World Wide Protein Data Bank (PDB). Here are some examples. These PDB entries are not shown here. To explore these, the links below will display them in FirstGlance in Jmol as well as Proteopedia.

Not MonotonicNot Monotonic

Rarely, sequence numbers do not increase monotonically from N to C terminus. An example is 4zwj / 4zwj^[1].

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↑ Thanks to Rachel Kramer Green of RCSB.org for this example.

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[1] Thanks to Rachel Kramer Green of RCSB.org for this example.

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