Yana Rose, Jose M Duarte, Robert Lowe, Joan Segura, Chunxiao Bi, Charmi Bhikadiya, Li Chen, Alexander S Rose, Sebastian Bittrich, Stephen K Burley, John D Westbrook
Journal of molecular biology 2021 May 28The US Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) serves many millions of unique users worldwide by delivering experimentally-determined 3D structures of biomolecules integrated with >40 external data resources via RCSB.org, application programming interfaces (APIs), and FTP downloads. Herein, we present the architectural redesign of RCSB PDB data delivery services that build on existing PDBx/mmCIF data schemas. New data access APIs (data.rcsb.org) enable efficient delivery of all PDB archive data. A novel GraphQL-based API provides flexible, declarative data retrieval along with a simple-to-use REST API. A powerful new search system (search.rcsb.org) seamlessly integrates heterogeneous types of searches across the PDB archive. Searches may combine text attributes, protein or nucleic acid sequences, small-molecule chemical descriptors, 3D macromolecular shapes, and sequence motifs. The new RCSB.org architecture adheres to the FAIR Principles, empowering users to address a wide array of research problems in fundamental biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, bioengineering, and bioenergy. Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Yana Rose, Jose M Duarte, Robert Lowe, Joan Segura, Chunxiao Bi, Charmi Bhikadiya, Li Chen, Alexander S Rose, Sebastian Bittrich, Stephen K Burley, John D Westbrook. RCSB Protein Data Bank: Architectural Advances Towards Integrated Searching and Efficient Access to Macromolecular Structure Data from the PDB Archive. Journal of molecular biology. 2021 May 28;433(11):166704
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