title: The archiving and dissemination of biological structure data.
abstract: The global Protein Data Bank (PDB) was the first open-access digital archive in biology. The history and evolution of the PDB are described, together with the ways in which molecular structural biology data and information are collected, curated, validated, archived, and disseminated by the members of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank organization (wwPDB; http://wwpdb.org). Particular emphasis is placed on the role of community in establishing the standards and policies by which the PDB archive is managed day-to-day.
authors.affiliation: Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Electronic address: berman@rcsb.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.affiliation: Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Burley
authors.affiliation: Protein Data Bank in Europe, European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kleywegt
authors.affiliation: Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Markley
authors.affiliation: Protein Data Bank Japan, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Protein Data Bank in Europe, European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Velankar
mesh_terms: D066289:Data Curation / Q000379:methods*; D030562:Databases, Protein; D006801:Humans