RCSB Protein Data Bank: powerful new tools for exploring 3D structures of biological macromolecules for basic and applied research and education in fundamental biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, bioengineering and energy sciences
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank; Rutgers; The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway; NJ 08854; USA; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine; Rutgers; The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway; NJ 08854; USA; Cancer Institute of New Jersey; Rutgers; The State University of New Jersey; New Brunswick; NJ 08901; USA; Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank; San Diego Supercomputer Center; University of California; La Jolla; CA 92093; USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Rutgers; The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway; NJ 08854; USA
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Department of Biotherapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Center for Computational Structural Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Abstract
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB), the US data center for the global PDB archive and a founding member of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank partnership, serves tens of thousands of data depositors in the Americas and Oceania and makes 3D macromolecular structure data available at no charge and without restrictions to millions of RCSB.org users around the world, including >660 000 educators, students and members of the curious public using PDB101.RCSB.org. PDB data depositors include structural biologists using macromolecular crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, 3D electron microscopy and micro-electron diffraction. PDB data consumers accessing our web portals include researchers, educators and students studying fundamental biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, bioengineering and energy sciences. During the past 2 years, the research-focused RCSB PDB web portal (RCSB.org) has undergone a complete redesign, enabling improved searching with full Boolean operator logic and more facile access to PDB data integrated with >40 external biodata resources. New features and resources are described in detail using examples that showcase recently released structures of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and host cell proteins relevant to understanding and addressing the COVID-19 global pandemic.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019749
- OSTI ID:
- 1734440
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1853382
- Journal Information:
- Nucleic Acids Research, Journal Name: Nucleic Acids Research Journal Issue: D1 Vol. 49; ISSN 0305-1048
- Publisher:
- Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English