Title
MDB: The Metalloprotein Database and Browser at The Scripps Research Institute
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hennessy S.W.
Roberts V.A.
Getzoff E.D.
Tainer J.A.
Pique M.E.
The Scripps Research Institute
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
The Metalloprotein Database and Browser (MDB; http://metallo.scripps.edu) at The Scripps Research Institute is a web-accessible resource for metalloprotein research. It offers the scientific community quantitative information on geometrical parameters of metal-binding sites in protein structures available from the Protein Data Bank (PDB). The MDB also offers analytical tools for the examination of trends or patterns in the indexed metal-binding sites. A user can perform interactive searches, metal-site structure visualization (via a Java applet), and analysis of the quantitative data by accessing the MDB through a web browser without requiring an external application or platform-dependent plugin. The MDB also has a non-interactive interface with which other web sites and network-aware applications can seamlessly incorporate data or statistical analysis results from metal-binding sites. The information contained in the MDB is periodically updated with automated algorithms that find and index metal sites from new protein structures released by the PDB.
Start page
379
End page
382
Volume
30
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistemas de automatización, Sistemas de control Ciencias de la información
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036084699
PubMed ID
Source
Nucleic Acids Research
ISSN of the container
03051048
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - P01GM048495.
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