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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. Here is an excerpt of the header for [[1ijw]]


:<pre>HEADER    DNA BINDING PROTEIN/DNA                30-APR-01  1IJW               
<pre>HEADER    DNA BINDING PROTEIN/DNA                30-APR-01  1IJW               
TITLE    TESTING THE WATER-MEDIATED HIN RECOMBINASE DNA RECOGNITION             
TITLE    TESTING THE WATER-MEDIATED HIN RECOMBINASE DNA RECOGNITION             
TITLE    2 BY SYSTEMATIC MUTATIONS.                                             
TITLE    2 BY SYSTEMATIC MUTATIONS.                                             
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SCALE1      0.011662  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                         
SCALE1      0.011662  0.000000  0.000000        0.00000                         
SCALE2      0.000000  0.012325  0.000000        0.00000                         
SCALE2      0.000000  0.012325  0.000000        0.00000                         
SCALE3      0.000000  0.000000  0.022424        0.00000</pre>
SCALE3      0.000000  0.000000  0.022424        0.00000
</pre>


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]]: