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Exploring Bioinformatics and Biotechnology

PDB - Protein Data Bank​

TheProtein Data Bank(PDB) is a crystallographic database for the three-dimensional structural data of large biological molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids. The data, typically obtained by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, or, increasingly, cryo-electron microscopy,

RCSB​

Led by Helen M. Berman, the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) became responsible for the management of thePDBin 1998.

PyMOL​

Molecular Visualization System

mmCIF​

Crystallographic Information File(CIF)​

CIF is a standard text file format for representing crystallographic information, promulgated by the International Union of Crystallography(IUCr)

mmCIF, macromolecular CIF, which is intended as an alternative to the Protein Data Bank (PDB) format. Also closely related is Crystallographic Information Framework, a broader system of exchange protocols based on data dictionaries and relational rules expressible in different machine-readable manifestations, including, but not restricted to, Crystallographic Information File and XML