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Item _chem_comp.type


Description 

              For standard polymer components, the type of the monomer.
               Note that monomers that will form polymers are of three types:
               linking monomers, monomers with some type of N-terminal (or 5')
               cap and monomers with some type of C-terminal (or 3') cap.

Category

chem_comp

Mandatory Code

yes

Data Type Code

uline

Enumeration Values

Item Value Description
D-peptide linking n.a.
L-peptide linking n.a.
D-peptide NH3 amino terminus n.a.
L-peptide NH3 amino terminus n.a.
D-peptide COOH carboxy terminus n.a.
L-peptide COOH carboxy terminus n.a.
DNA linking n.a.
RNA linking n.a.
DNA OH 5 prime terminus n.a.
RNA OH 5 prime terminus n.a.
DNA OH 3 prime terminus n.a.
RNA OH 3 prime terminus n.a.
D-saccharide 1,4 and 1,4 linking n.a.
L-saccharide 1,4 and 1,4 linking n.a.
D-saccharide 1,4 and 1,6 linking n.a.
L-saccharide 1,4 and 1,6 linking n.a.
L-saccharide n.a.
D-saccharide n.a.
saccharide n.a.
non-polymer n.a.
other n.a.

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