2002•Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological CrystallographyRequires access
The Protein Data Bank
Helen M. Berman, Tammy Battistuz, Talapady N. Bhat, Wolfgang F. Bluhm, Philip E. Bourne, Kyle Burkhardt, Zukang Feng, Gary L. Gilliland, Lisa Iype, S.C. Jain, Phoebe Fagan, Jessica Marvin, David López Padilla, Veerasamy Ravichandran, Bohdan Schneider, Narmada Thanki, Helge Weissig, John Westbrook, Christine Zardecki
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Abstract
The Protein Data Bank [PDB; Berman, Westbrook et al. (2000), Nucleic Acids Res. 28, 235-242; http://www.pdb.org/] is the single worldwide archive of primary structural data of biological macromolecules. Many secondary sources of information are derived from PDB data. It is the starting point for studies in structural bioinformatics. This article describes the goals of the PDB, the systems in place for data deposition and access, how to obtain further information and plans for the future development of the resource. The reader should come away with an understanding of the scope of the PDB and what is provided by the resource.