Title: protein data bank
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - protein data bank
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11497
Status: current

Definition
An archive of freely available macromolecular structural data of proteins, nucleic acids, and complex assemblies.

Notes
1) The PDB is maintained by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) with members RSCB PDB (USA), PDBe (Europe), PDBj (Japan), and BMRB (USA) that act as centers for deposition, data processing and distribution of PDB data.
2) The URL for the organization is https://www.wwpdb.org.

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 239. 'Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 253 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2012-1204)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11497/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11497/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11497/xml

Citation: Citation: 'protein data bank' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11497
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