The distribution and query systems of the RCSB Protein Data Bank

Philip E Bourne; Kenneth J Addess; Wolfgang F Bluhm; Li Chen; Nita Deshpande; Zukang Feng; Ward Fleri; Rachel Green; Jeffrey C Merino-Ott; Wayne Townsend-Merino; Helge Weissig; John Westbrook; Helen M Berman

doi:10.1093/nar/gkh096

The distribution and query systems of the RCSB Protein Data Bank

Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Jan 1;32(Database issue):D223-5. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkh096.

Authors

Philip E Bourne¹, Kenneth J Addess, Wolfgang F Bluhm, Li Chen, Nita Deshpande, Zukang Feng, Ward Fleri, Rachel Green, Jeffrey C Merino-Ott, Wayne Townsend-Merino, Helge Weissig, John Westbrook, Helen M Berman

Affiliation

¹ San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0505, USA. bourne@sdsc.edu

Abstract

The Protein Data Bank (PDB; http://www.pdb.org) is the primary source of information on the 3D structure of biological macromolecules. The PDB's mandate is to disseminate this information in the most usable form and as widely as possible. The current query and distribution system is described and an alpha version of the future re-engineered system introduced.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Computational Biology
Databases, Protein*
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval*
Internet*
Proteins / chemistry*
User-Computer Interface

Substances

Proteins