Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The Protein Data Bank (PDB) was established in 1971 with just seven X-ray crystallographic structures of proteins as the first open access digital resource in the biological sciences [1]. Currently, the global PDB Archive holds ~134,000 deposited and processed coordinates of biological macromolecules. Every structure deposited to the PDB undergoes an extensive validation process, which was developed in consultation with community stakeholders by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank organization (wwpdb.org) that is responsible for managing the PDB Archive. During structure determination and refinement, experimentalists are encouraged to access the anonymous wwPDB Validation Server (http://wwpdb-validation.wwpdb.org/) to evaluate structure quality prior to deposition. For ligands, the watermarked, official wwPDB Validation Report includes both geometrical and model fit diagnostic information.
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,430
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Wellcome Trust, European Bioinformatics Institute, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Bioscience Database Center
OpenAlex ID: W2779026895