Dear PDB-l,
/The Worldwide Protein Data Bank celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023/
In July 2003, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank http://www.wwpdb.org/
was launched as a partnership between RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB
https://rcsb.org, USA), Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe
https://pdbe.org/), Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj https://pdbj.org/)
in the management of the essential Protein Data Bank Core Archive of
atomic-level, three-dimensional (3D) structures of biological
macromolecule experimentally determined by macromolecular
crystallography (MX), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, or
three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy (3DEM; 1, 2).
Since then, the wwPDB collaboration has expanded to include additional
Core Archives as partners: BioMagResBank (BMRB https://bmrb.io/, USA)
Core Archive of spectral and quantitative data derived from NMR
spectroscopic investigations of biological macromolecules and
metabolites; and Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB
http://emdb-empiar.org/, UK) Core Archives of 3D volumes and
associated information of macromolecular complexes and subcellular
structures from 3DEM and electron cryo tomography. wwPDB partners adhere
to the FAIR principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability,
and Reusability (2), and ensure that all archival data can be accessed
at no charge and with no limitations on usage under the most permissive
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License
http://www.wwpdb.org/about/usage-policies.
As the wwPDB celebrates its twentieth year of operations, wwPDB is
pleased to welcome Protein Data Bank China (PDBc) to the organization as
an Associate Member. PDBc is based in the National Facility for Protein
Science in Shanghai which is associated with Shanghai Advanced Research
Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the SIAIS and iHuman
Institutes of ShanghaiTech University. An announcement describing the
process of PDBc joining the wwPDB has been submitted to Acta Cryst D
(PDF https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/docs/AnnualReport2023.pdf, 3). PDBc
has received training and support from the wwPDB partners, and it is
expected that PDBc will process most, possibly all, depositions made by
structural biologists working in the People’s Republic of China to all
three wwPDB Core Archives.
Since its inception, the PDB has been an international archive and the
establishment of the wwPDB ensured that valuable data contained in these
Core Archives will continue to be stored, managed and kept freely
available for the benefit of scientists worldwide.
- (1) Helen M. Berman, Kim Henrick, Haruki Nakamura. (2003) Announcing
the worldwide Protein Data Bank. /Nat Struct Biol/ 10: 980. doi:
10.1038/nsb1203-980 https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1203-980
- (2) wwPDB consortium (2019) Protein Data Bank: the single global
archive for 3D macromolecular structure data, /Nucleic Acids
Research/ 47:D520–D528 doi: 10.1093/nar/gky949
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky949
- (3) Wenqing Xu, Sameer Velankar, Ardan Patwardhan, Jeffrey C. Hoch,
Stephen K. Burley, Genji Kurisu (2023) Announcing launch of Protein
Data Bank China (PDBc) as an Associate Member of the Worldwide
Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) Partnership Acta Cryst. D, submitted (PDF
https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/docs/AnnualReport2023.pdf)
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Regards,
Jasmine
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Jasmine Young, Ph.D.
Biocuration Team Lead
RCSB Protein Data Bank
Research Professor
Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
174 Frelinghuysen Rd
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087
Email:jasmine@rcsb.rutgers.edu
Phone: (848)445-0103 ext 4920
Fax: (732)445-4320
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Dear PDB-l,
/The Worldwide Protein Data Bank celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023/
In July 2003, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank <http://www.wwpdb.org/>
was launched as a partnership between RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB
<https://rcsb.org>, USA), Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe
<https://pdbe.org/>), Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj <https://pdbj.org/>)
in the management of the essential Protein Data Bank Core Archive of
atomic-level, three-dimensional (3D) structures of biological
macromolecule experimentally determined by macromolecular
crystallography (MX), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, or
three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy (3DEM; 1, 2).
Since then, the wwPDB collaboration has expanded to include additional
Core Archives as partners: BioMagResBank (BMRB <https://bmrb.io/>, USA)
Core Archive of spectral and quantitative data derived from NMR
spectroscopic investigations of biological macromolecules and
metabolites; and Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB
<http://emdb-empiar.org/>, UK) Core Archives of 3D volumes and
associated information of macromolecular complexes and subcellular
structures from 3DEM and electron cryo tomography. wwPDB partners adhere
to the FAIR principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability,
and Reusability (2), and ensure that all archival data can be accessed
at no charge and with no limitations on usage under the most permissive
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License
<http://www.wwpdb.org/about/usage-policies>.
As the wwPDB celebrates its twentieth year of operations, wwPDB is
pleased to welcome Protein Data Bank China (PDBc) to the organization as
an Associate Member. PDBc is based in the National Facility for Protein
Science in Shanghai which is associated with Shanghai Advanced Research
Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the SIAIS and iHuman
Institutes of ShanghaiTech University. An announcement describing the
process of PDBc joining the wwPDB has been submitted to Acta Cryst D
(PDF <https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/docs/AnnualReport2023.pdf>, 3). PDBc
has received training and support from the wwPDB partners, and it is
expected that PDBc will process most, possibly all, depositions made by
structural biologists working in the People’s Republic of China to all
three wwPDB Core Archives.
Since its inception, the PDB has been an international archive and the
establishment of the wwPDB ensured that valuable data contained in these
Core Archives will continue to be stored, managed and kept freely
available for the benefit of scientists worldwide.
* (1) Helen M. Berman, Kim Henrick, Haruki Nakamura. (2003) Announcing
the worldwide Protein Data Bank. /Nat Struct Biol/ 10: 980. doi:
10.1038/nsb1203-980 <https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1203-980>
* (2) wwPDB consortium (2019) Protein Data Bank: the single global
archive for 3D macromolecular structure data, /Nucleic Acids
Research/ 47:D520–D528 doi: 10.1093/nar/gky949
<https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky949>
* (3) Wenqing Xu, Sameer Velankar, Ardan Patwardhan, Jeffrey C. Hoch,
Stephen K. Burley, Genji Kurisu (2023) Announcing launch of Protein
Data Bank China (PDBc) as an Associate Member of the Worldwide
Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) Partnership Acta Cryst. D, submitted (PDF
<https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/docs/AnnualReport2023.pdf>)
--
Regards,
Jasmine
===========================================================
Jasmine Young, Ph.D.
Biocuration Team Lead
RCSB Protein Data Bank
Research Professor
Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
174 Frelinghuysen Rd
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087
Email:jasmine@rcsb.rutgers.edu
Phone: (848)445-0103 ext 4920
Fax: (732)445-4320
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