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No. 4 - Winter 1999

Front Page

Message From the PDB

Availability of PDB Services December 31, 1999, through January 3, 2000

One Year Anniversary of RCSB PDB Grant Award

Data Deposition and Processing Summary

Data Uniformity

Processing of Backlog Structures Completed

PDB Format Changes Implemented

Data Distribution

PDB Opens Beta Test Site

Two Workshops on Structural Genomics

New Web Site for Synchrotron Users

Hand-Held Models of Proteins

RFP for CORBA Standard for Biological Macromolecular Structure Data

RCSB Staff & Statement of Support

Questions?
info@rcsb.org

© 1999 RCSB

One-Year Anniversary of RCSB PDB Grant Award

One year has passed since the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) was awarded the grant to manage the Protein Data Bank (PDB). We are pleased to report that our initial goals have been met, and in many cases surpassed, with the help and support of the PDB community.

Of special note is the fact that this date was originally intended to mark the end of the transition period — a date that actually occurred on July 1, 1999 — when the RCSB assumed the full responsibility for all PDB activities.

In addition to maintaining the PDB distribution activities, the PDB introduced new tools for deposition and query, including ADIT (AutoDep Input Tool), which has proven to be a very useful tool for both data deposition and annotation. Structures deposited using ADIT are fully processed to completion in an average of nine days.

SearchLite and SearchFields, which provide simple and advanced searching of the PDB. Search results are examined using the Structure Explorer and the Query Result interfaces.

In the coming year, we will continue to improve and develop these resources. We look forward to continuing to collaborate and communicate with our users.

As always, your questions and comments are welcome at info@rcsb.org.