Files with ent extension are used by the Brookhaven molecule format. They contain models of molecules.
ENT file extension - Brookhaven PDB molecule file
What is ent file? How to open ent files?
File type specification:
The ent file extension is associated with the Brookhaven molecule (Brookhaven PDB file format) format used by specialized chemistry software, like HyperChem, MolMol etc. The .ent file stores model of molecule.
The default software associated to open ent file:
Company or developer:
Hypercube, Inc.
HyperChem is a sophisticated molecular modeling environment that is known for its quality, flexibility, and ease of use. Uniting 3D visualization and animation with quantum chemical calculations, molecular mechanics, and dynamics, HyperChem puts more molecular modeling tools at your fingertips than any other Windows program.
Company or developer:
ETH Zürich
MolMol is a molecular graphics program for displaying, analyzing, and manipulating the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules, with special emphasis on the study of protein or DNA structures determined by NMR.
List of recommended software applications associated to the .ent file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open ent file, edit ent file, convert ent file, view ent file, play ent file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with ent file - Brookhaven PDB molecule file
Click on the software link for more information about HyperChem. HyperChem uses ent file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).