Database of protein conformational diversity

The Database of protein conformational diversity (PCDB) is a database of diversity of protein tertiary structures within protein domains as determined by X-ray crystallography.[1][2] Proteins are inherently flexible and this database collects information on this subject for use in molecular research. It uses the CATH database as a source of structures for each protein and reports the range of differences in the structures based on their superposition and reports a maximum RMSD. The interface for the database allows researchers to find proteins with a range of conformational flexibility allowing them to find highly flexible proteins for example. The database is run and maintained by a group of researchers based at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Argentina.

PCDB
Content
Descriptionprotein conformational diversity.
Contact
Research centerUniversidad Nacional de Quilmes
LaboratoryCentro de Estudios e Investigaciones
AuthorsEzequiel I Juritz
Primary citationJuritz & al. (2011)[1]
Release date2010
Access
Websitehttp://www.pcdb.unq.edu.ar

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References
  1. Juritz EI, Alberti SF, Parisi GD (January 2011). "PCDB: a database of protein conformational diversity". Nucleic Acids Res. 39 (Database issue): D475–9. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1181. PMC 3013735. PMID 21097895.
  2. Galperin MY, Cochrane GR (January 2011). "The 2011 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue and the online Molecular Biology Database Collection". Nucleic Acids Res. 39 (Database issue): D1–6. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1243. PMC 3013748. PMID 21177655.
  • Juritz, Ezequiel Iván; Fernández Alberti, Sebastián; Parisi, Gustavo Danie. "Protein Conformational Database". Structural Bioinformatics Group; National University of Quilmes. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-19.


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