title: The Protein Model Portal--a comprehensive resource for protein structure and model information.
abstract: The Protein Model Portal (PMP) has been developed to foster effective use of 3D molecular models in biomedical research by providing convenient and comprehensive access to structural information for proteins. Both experimental structures and theoretical models for a given protein can be searched simultaneously and analyzed for structural variability. By providing a comprehensive view on structural information, PMP offers the opportunity to apply consistent assessment and validation criteria to the complete set of structural models available for proteins. PMP is an open project so that new methods developed by the community can contribute to PMP, for example, new modeling servers for creating homology models and model quality estimation servers for model validation. The accuracy of participating modeling servers is continuously evaluated by the Continuous Automated Model EvaluatiOn (CAMEO) project. The PMP offers a unique interface to visualize structural coverage of a protein combining both theoretical models and experimental structures, allowing straightforward assessment of the model quality and hence their utility. The portal is updated regularly and actively developed to include latest methods in the field of computational structural biology. Database URL: http://www.proteinmodelportal.org.
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50-70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Juergen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Lorenza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bordoli
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwede
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D030562:Databases, Protein; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D057386:Search Engine; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins