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RCSB Protein Data Bank: Sustaining a living digital data resource has been published in Protein Science.
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Protein Science has devoted a special issue (and introduced a new journal article category) to the many modern tools and resources available to researchers interested in the study of proteins and other macromolecules. Tools for Protein Science highlights computational resources for structure determination, visualization and analysis, molecular modeling, sequence analysis, and analyzing cellular proteins.
In this issue, the article RCSB Protein Data Bank: Sustaining a living digital data resource that enables breakthroughs in scientific research and biomedical education explores the impact of open and accessible PDB data on research, clinical medicine, education, and the economy.
What is the impact of the PDB Archive?
>139,000 Structures of Proteins, DNA, and RNA
The cost to replicate the
contents of the PDB archive
is estimated at
$14 billion
The PDB Archive
- Grows at the rate of nearly 10% per year
- Used to download more than
- 1.8 Million structure data files per day
- Managed by International collaboration US-Asia-Europe
- Manages “Big Data” as global Public Good
PDB Data
- Enable research in subject areas from Agriculture to Zoology
- Contributed data to nearly 1 million published research papers
- Used by >400 biological data resources
PDB Data Impact
- Basic and applied research
- Patent applications
- Discovery of lifesaving drugs
- Innovations that can lead to new product development and company formation
- STEM education: PDB-101 provides curricula and online tools for teachers and students
>1,000,000 Data Consumers worldwide served every year
Researchers, scientists, educators, students, curious public, medical professionals, patients, and patient advocates |
Private sector, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies |