title: Data deposition and annotation at the worldwide protein data bank.
abstract: The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the repository for three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules, determined by experimental methods. The data in the archive is free and easily available via the Internet from any of the worldwide centers managing this global archive. These data are used by scientists, researchers, bioinformatics specialists, educators, students, and general audiences to understand biological phenomenon at a molecular level. Analysis of this structural data also inspires and facilitates new discoveries in science. This chapter describes the tools and methods currently used for deposition, processing, and release of data in the PDB. References to future enhancements are also included.
authors.affiliation: Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA.
authors.forename: Shuchismita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
authors.forename: Jasmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Ganesh J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henrick
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D030562:Databases, Protein; D004282:Documentation; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins