title: The PMDB Protein Model Database.
abstract: The Protein Model Database (PMDB) is a public resource aimed at storing manually built 3D models of proteins. The database is designed to provide access to models published in the scientific literature, together with validating experimental data. It is a relational database and it currently contains >74,000 models for approximately 240 proteins. The system is accessible at http://www.caspur.it/PMDB and allows predictors to submit models along with related supporting evidence and users to download them through a simple and intuitive interface. Users can navigate in the database and retrieve models referring to the same target protein or to different regions of the same protein. Each model is assigned a unique identifier that allows interested users to directly access the data.
authors.affiliation: CASPUR, Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo per Università e Ricerca. Via dei Tizii, 6/b, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Castrignanò
authors.forename: Paolo D'Onorio
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: De Meo
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cozzetto
authors.forename: Ivano Giuseppe
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Talamo
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tramontano
mesh_terms: D030562:Databases, Protein; D020407:Internet; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014584:User-Computer Interface