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MMDB is CCP4\'s macromolecular coordinate library, written by Eugene Krissinel
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of the EBI. The Coordinate Library is designed to assist CCP4 developers in
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working with coordinate files. The major source of coordinate information
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remains the PDB files, although more information becomes available in
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mmCIF format. The Library features working with both file formats plus an
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internal binary format portable between different platforms. This is achieved at
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uniformity of the Library\'s interface functions, so that there is no difference
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in handling different formats. The Library provides various high-level tools for
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working with coordinate files, which include not only reading and writing, but
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also orthogonal-fractional coordinate transforms, generation of symmetry mates,
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editing the molecular structure and some others. The Library is supposed as a
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general low-level tool for unifying the coordinate-related operations.
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