Special Issue Focused on Tools for Protein Science

01/30 

Protein Science has devoted a special issue (and introduced a new journal article category) to the many modern tools and resources available to researchers interested in the study of proteins and other macromolecules.

Tools for Protein Science highlights computational resources for structure determination, visualization and analysis, molecular modeling, sequence analysis, and analyzing cellular proteins.

In this issue, the article RCSB Protein Data Bank: Sustaining a living digital data resource that enables breakthroughs in scientific research and biomedical education explores the impact of open and accessible PDB data on research, clinical medicine, education, and the economy.

As detailed in the article, the PDB Archive

• Grows at rate of 10% per year
• Is used to download 1.8 million structure data files per day
• Managed by international collaboration (wwPDB)
• Serves as a model for how “Big Data” can be effectively managed as a public good

PDB Data

• Enable research in journal subject areas from Agriculture to Zoology
• Are directly cited in the scientific literature more than 2.6 million times
• Used by >400 biological data resources

US-funded PDB structures were cited >1 million times in the scientific literature

NSF-funded structures that highlight Fundamental Biology and more have been cited ~56K times

Human dopamine D3 receptor (PDB 3pbl) has been cited by 620 publications and downloaded 178K times

NIH-funded structures that increase understanding of Biomedicine and more have been cited ~874K times

Bovine Rhodopsin (PDB 1f88) has been cited by 4,122 publications and downloaded 256K times. It is the #3 top-cited PDB structure

DoE-funded structures illuminating Energy and more have been cited ~104K times,

Photosystem I (PDB 3pcq) has been cited by 754 publications and downloaded 38K times

As of May 2017

News Index

• 12/24 Season's Greetings

• 12/18 Build 3D Paper Models of Biomolecules

• 12/11 Browse Molecular Evolution at PDB-101

• 12/04 Contact Customer Services with Questions and Feedback

• 11/27 Exploring the Art of Biovisualization

• 11/20 Ebola Virus Proteins

• 11/11 World Antibiotic Awareness Week

• 11/06 Curated 3D Views at PDB-101

• 10/30 Structural Biology Pipeline Meets the High School Classroom

• 10/23 Improved Support for XFEL/SFX Deposition

• 10/16 Access Irving Geis' Early Molecular Images in 3D

• 10/09 Fall Newsletter Published

• 10/04 Create a Nobel-Themed Bean Bag Toss

• 10/03 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• 10/01 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

• 09/28 Structural Biology and Nobel Prizes

• 09/25 Explore Distance, Angle, and Dihedral Measurements

• 09/17 Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week

• 09/14 Public Symposium on Superbugs: Evolutionary Insights from the PDB

• 09/10 Meet PDB in VR with Nanome

• 09/04 Head Back to School with PDB-101

• 08/28 Annual Report Published

• 08/21 Poster Prize Awarded at ACA

• 08/14 Molecular Origami: Build 3D models of PDB Structures

• 08/07 Poster Prize Awarded at ISMB

• 07/31 Protein Data Bank Benefits Global Health, Science, Economy

• 07/24 From Structural Biology to Science Policy

• 07/17 Meet the RCSB PDB at ACA

• 07/10 Summer Newsletter Published

• 07/05 Meet the RCSB PDB at ISMB

• 07/02 Facing Rising Temperatures?

• 06/26 wwPDB News: ORCIDs To Become Mandatory for OneDep Contact Authors

• 06/19 Automatically Evaluate Quaternary Structure with EPPIC

• 06/12 Award-Winning Videos on Antibiotic Resistance

• 06/06 Download and Display Electron Density Maps

• 05/31 Vote Now for the Viewer's Choice Award

• 05/27 Molecular Origami: Build a 3D model of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

• 05/25 wwPDB News: Improvements to Data Replacement Prior to Release; Privacy Policy Update

• 05/22 Guide to Understanding PDB Data

• 05/15 Creating Protein Sculptures

• 05/08 wwPDB News: Conclusion of ORI Misconduct Review Results in Obsoletion of PDB Structures

• 05/01 Advisor Wins 2018 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

• 04/26 Meet RCSB PDB at Rutgers Day (April 28)

• 04/23 Celebrate DNA Day on April 25

• 04/20 Meet RCSB PDB at ASBMB

• 04/19 Helen Berman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• 04/17 Protein Structures Sought for CASP13

• 04/10 Spring Newsletter Published

• 04/03 In memoriam: Judith Flippen-Anderson

• 03/27 wwPDB News: Access Updated Validation Reports for PDB Structures

• 03/20 Video: How Enzymes Work

• 03/13 Enter to Win the AMR Calendar

• 03/06 Enter the 2018 Video Challenge

• 02/27 View Interactions and Maps in 3D

• 02/20 wwPDB News: wwPDB Biocuration Highlighted in New Publication

• 02/18 Meet RCSB PDB at Biophysical Society's Annual Meeting

• 02/13 Meet RCSB PDB at AAAS

• 02/06 Making Life Visible: Art, Biology and Visualization

• 01/30 Special Issue Focused on Tools for Protein Science

• 01/23 From the PDB to Phoenix: My Journey as an RCSB PDB Intern

• 01/19 New Architecture and Services Enable Faster Access to More Information

• 01/16 Winter Newsletter Published

• 01/09 wwPDB News: Time-stamped Copies of the PDB Archive Available

• 01/02 A Year of Antimicrobial Resistance