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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
index 60040d8..aec68ab 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  */
 package jalview.datamodel;
 
-import jalview.api.DBRefEntryI;
-
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
@@ -219,6 +217,15 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
   public int[] findPositionMap();
 
   /**
+   * Answers true if the sequence is composed of amino acid characters. Note
+   * that implementations may use heuristic methods which are not guaranteed to
+   * give the biologically 'right' answer.
+   * 
+   * @return
+   */
+  public boolean isProtein();
+
+  /**
    * Delete a range of aligned sequence columns, creating a new dataset sequence
    * if necessary and adjusting start and end positions accordingly.
    * 
@@ -233,19 +240,21 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
    * DOCUMENT ME!
    * 
    * @param i
-   *          DOCUMENT ME!
+   *          alignment column number
    * @param c
-   *          DOCUMENT ME!
+   *          character to insert
    */
   public void insertCharAt(int i, char c);
 
   /**
-   * DOCUMENT ME!
+   * insert given character at alignment column position
    * 
    * @param position
-   *          DOCUMENT ME!
+   *          alignment column number
+   * @param count
+   *          length of insert
    * @param ch
-   *          DOCUMENT ME!
+   *          character to insert
    */
   public void insertCharAt(int position, int count, char ch);
 
@@ -283,11 +292,18 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
   public Vector<PDBEntry> getAllPDBEntries();
 
   /**
-   * add entry to the vector of PDBIds, if it isn't in the list already
+   * Adds the entry to the *normalised* list of PDBIds.
+   * 
+   * If a PDBEntry is passed with the same entry.getID() string as one already
+   * in the list, or one is added that appears to be the same but has a chain ID
+   * appended, then the existing PDBEntry will be updated with the new
+   * attributes instead, unless the entries have distinct chain codes or
+   * associated structure files.
    * 
    * @param entry
+   * @return true if the entry was added, false if updated
    */
-  public void addPDBId(PDBEntry entry);
+  public boolean addPDBId(PDBEntry entry);
 
   /**
    * update the list of PDBEntrys to include any DBRefEntrys citing structural
@@ -301,6 +317,14 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
 
   public void setVamsasId(String id);
 
+  /**
+   * set the array of Database references for the sequence.
+   * 
+   * @param dbs
+   * @deprecated - use is discouraged since side-effects may occur if DBRefEntry
+   *             set are not normalised.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public void setDBRefs(DBRefEntry[] dbs);
 
   public DBRefEntry[] getDBRefs();
@@ -435,7 +459,13 @@ public interface SequenceI extends ASequenceI
    */
   public PDBEntry getPDBEntry(String pdbId);
 
-  public void setSourceDBRef(DBRefEntryI dbRef);
-
-  public DBRefEntryI getSourceDBRef();
+  /**
+   * Get all primary database/accessions for this sequence's data. These
+   * DBRefEntry are expected to resolve to a valid record in the associated
+   * external database, either directly or via a provided 1:1 Mapping.
+   * 
+   * @return just the primary references (if any) for this sequence, or an empty
+   *         list
+   */
+  public List<DBRefEntry> getPrimaryDBRefs();
 }