title: Creating a community resource for protein science.
abstract: In addition to being one of the early pioneers in protein crystallography, Carl Brändén made significant contributions to science education with his elegant and beautifully illustrated book Introduction to Protein Structure (Brändén and Tooze, New York: Garland, 1991). It is truly an honor to receive this award in their names. This award and the 40th anniversary of the Protein Data Bank (PDB; Berman et al., Structure 2012;20:391-396) have given me an opportunity to reflect on the various components that have contributed to building a resource for protein science and to try to quantify the impact of having PDB data openly available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA. berman@rcsb.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030562:Databases, Protein; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins