title: Proteopedia: a status report on the collaborative, 3D web-encyclopedia of proteins and other biomolecules.
abstract: Proteopedia is a collaborative, 3D web-encyclopedia of protein, nucleic acid and other biomolecule structures. Created as a means for communicating biomolecule structures to a diverse scientific audience, Proteopedia (http://www.proteopedia.org) presents structural annotation in an intuitive, interactive format and allows members of the scientific community to easily contribute their own annotations. Here, we provide a status report on Proteopedia by describing advances in the web resource since its inception three and a half years ago, focusing on features of potential direct use to the scientific community. We discuss its progress as a collaborative 3D-encyclopedia of structures as well as its use as a complement to scientific publications and PowerPoint presentations. We also describe Proteopedia's use for 3D visualization in structure-related pedagogy.
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Unit, Biological Services Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. jaime.prilusky@weizmann.ac.il
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prilusky
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hodis
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canner
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Decatur
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oberholser
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martz
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berchanski
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harel
authors.forename: Joel L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D004690:Encyclopedias as Topic; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D019451:Information Management; D007255:Information Services; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000193:education; D009862:Online Systems; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins