Editing ValidatorDB:Analysis of Results (section)

==Incomplete structures==

Incomplete structures are validated residues, which were lacking atoms in their structure in comparison to the model residue, or the inter-atomic distances were way too big or too low. Namely:
* '''Missing atoms''': An atom in the model residue has no corresponding atom in the validated motif.
* '''Missing rings''': At least one missing atom originates from cycles (rings).
* '''Degenerate''': Those motifs could not be properly analyzed due their degenerate structure, i.e. suspicious discrepancies between the atoms and inter-atomic bonds in the validated motif and in the model residue prevented proper validation. 

Please note, ''chirality'' is only evaluated for those motifs which are complete. This is because the absence of some atoms can prevent the proper evaluation of chirality on the chiral centers present in the validated motif. Therefore, note that all motifs which are counted in the Wrong chirality category are in fact complete. At the same time, the motifs with no missing atoms and no chirality error are actually counted in a category called '''Correct chirality'''.

[[File:VDB incomplete.png|thumb|center|1200px| '''ValidatorDB''' reports correct structures, as well as all potential issues found during validation, namely structures that are wrong either because they are incomplete (missing atoms or rings), or because the chirality of some atoms is incorrect. Here all the are potential issues of the incomplete structure are illustrated.]]