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Macromolecular dictionary (mmCIF) version 2.0.09

_chem_comp_atom.alt_atom_id

Name:
'_chem_comp_atom.alt_atom_id'

Definition:

   An alternative identifier for the atom. This data item would be
   used in cases where alternative nomenclatures exist for labelling
   atoms in a group.

Type: line

Mandatory item: no

Category: chem_comp_atom


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.