Coming soon: wwPDB Data Processing Distribution Changes

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Irina Persikova
Fri, Nov 21, 2025 7:44 PM

Starting early January 2026, PDBj will biocurate data depositions coming
from Oceania in addition to depositions from other regions in Asia
except China.

PDBc, an Associate Member of the wwPDB
https://journals.iucr.org/d/issues/2023/09/00/rr5235/index.html, is
responsible for biocurating depositions from China.

RCSB PDB will continue to be responsible for entries coming from the
Americas.

PDBe will continue to be responsible for entries from Europe and Africa.

Depositions are automatically distributed to wwPDB deposition centers
geographically.

Please read the complete news here:
https://www.wwpdb.org/news/news?year=2025#691b60ec424e811979c9e0c7

On behalf of the wwPDB,

--
IRINA PERSIKOVA, Ph.D.
Deputy Biocuration Lead, RCSB Protein Data Bank
Research Associate, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway NJ 08854
P: 848.445.4938 | E: irina.persikova@rcsb.org
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Starting early January 2026, PDBj will biocurate data depositions coming from Oceania in addition to depositions from other regions in Asia except China. PDBc, an Associate Member of the wwPDB <https://journals.iucr.org/d/issues/2023/09/00/rr5235/index.html>, is responsible for biocurating depositions from China. RCSB PDB will continue to be responsible for entries coming from the Americas. PDBe will continue to be responsible for entries from Europe and Africa. Depositions are automatically distributed to wwPDB deposition centers geographically. Please read the complete news here: https://www.wwpdb.org/news/news?year=2025#691b60ec424e811979c9e0c7 On behalf of the wwPDB, -- IRINA PERSIKOVA, Ph.D. Deputy Biocuration Lead, RCSB Protein Data Bank Research Associate, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway NJ 08854 P: 848.445.4938 | E: irina.persikova@rcsb.org <mailto:irina.persikova@rcsb.org> rcsb.org <www.rcsb.org> | iqb.rutgers.edu <http://iqb.rutgers.edu> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/RCSBPDB> | twitter <https://twitter.com/buildmodels>