THE PROTEIN DATA BANK AND STRUCTURAL GENOMICS

Helen M. Berman^a

Protein Data Bank; Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, ^aRutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Chemistry, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087 USA (berman@rcsb.rutgers.edu)

The Protein Data Bank (PDB; http://www.pdb.org/) is involved in several aspects of structural genomics. The PDB developed and currently maintains the Target Registration Database (TargetDB; http://targetdb.pdb.org/), organizes the data dictionaries that will define the specification for the exchange and deposition of data with the structural genomics centers (http://deposit.pdb.org/mmcif/), and creates and maintains software tools to capture data from standard structure determination applications (http://deposit.pdb.org/software/). Our progress in these efforts will be described.

The PDB is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Biology and Environmental Research at the Department of Energy, and two units of the National Institutes of Health: the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the National Library of Medicine.