Number 11 Fall 2001 RCSB
Published quarterly by the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics

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16,121 Released atomic coordinate entries

Molecule Type

• 14,427 proteins, peptides, and viruses
• 1,006 nucleic acids
• 670 protein/nucleic acid complexes
• 18 carbohydrates

Experimental Technique

• 13,302 diffraction and other
• 6,031 structure factor files
• 2,477 NMR
• 1,142 NMR restraint files
• 342 theoretical modeling

PDB Deposition Statistics As we begin the final quarter of the year 2001, 2,422 structures have been deposited to the PDB this year... [MORE...]

CIFTr and Data Uniformity Files Released An application program that can translate files between mmCIF format and PDB formats has been released... [MORE...]

PDB Focus: How Are HPUB Structures Released? The release status of structures is determined at the time of deposition by the author... [MORE...]

ADIT Reaches One Year Mark at Osaka University The ADIT deposition and annotation site established at the Institute for Protein Research at Osaka University in Osaka, Japan has been operational for a year... [MORE...]

Redundancy Reduction Capability Now Available on the PDB Web Site The Protein Data Bank holdings contain considerable redundancy in sequence and structure... [MORE...]

Enhanced Access to Primary PDB Web Site PDB users can now enjoy further enhanced access to the primary PDB Web site... [MORE...]

Hardware Upgrades to PDB System In order to provide the best access possible to the user community, the systems serving the primary distribution site have been upgraded... [MORE...]

Database of NIGMS Protein Structure Initiative Target Sequences Under the sponsorship of the NIGMS, the PDB has created a centralized registration database for target sequences from the NIH P50 structural genomics projects... [MORE...]

PDB Web Site Statistics A glance at the access statistics for the primary PDB Web site at http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/ reveals that the Web site hits received and files downloaded have resumed their frequency with the start of the new academic year... [MORE...]

PDB Director Speaks at Research Subcommittee Hearing Helen M. Berman, Director of the PDB, spoke at a hearing held by the House Science Subcommittee on Research... [MORE...]

PDB Goes to ECM-20, ISMB, Protein Society, and ACA Thanks to all the conference participants who visited the PDB exhibit booths and posters various meetings this summer... [MORE...]

Archival PDB Newsletters Available While the PDB Newsletter was started in 1974, only issues dating back to 1993 have been accessible on-line until recently... [MORE...]

PDB Chapter Published in International Tables A chapter describing the PDB's systems for the data resource has been published in the International Tables for Crystallography... [MORE...]

Structural Genomics Page Updated The PDB frequently updates it's Structural Genomics page at http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/strucgen.html... [MORE...]

PDB Focus: Molecule of the Month The Molecule of the Month series is a wonderful collection of short columns featuring a new PDB structure of interest each month... [MORE...]