molsysmt.element.group.amino_acid.is_amino_acid

molsysmt.element.group.amino_acid.is_amino_acid(name)

Check whether a group name corresponds to an amino acid residue.

Parameters:

name (str) – Residue name as stored in the topology (e.g. 'ALA', 'GLY', 'HID'). Variant names for protonation states and terminal prefixes are included in the recognised set.

Returns:

True if name belongs to the set of known amino acid group names, False otherwise.

Return type:

bool

Notes

The recognised names are defined in molsysmt.element.group.amino_acid.group_names.

Added in version 1.0.0.