MMTF—An efficient file format for the transmission, visualization, and analysis of macromolecular structures
Fig 2
Steps in the creation of a MMTF file from a PDBx/mmCIF file.
After parsing a PDBx/mmCIF file, DSSP secondary structure is calculated and bond information is added for all residues. Custom encoding strategies are applied to the different data categories to achieve a compact representation. These data are serialized in binary form and then further compressed with standard compression tools to create a compressed MMTF file.