Protein Data Bank: Difference between revisions

The [http://www.wwpdb.org World Wide Protein Data Bank] (wwPDB)<ref>PMID: 14634627</ref><ref>PMID: 17142228</ref> is the internationally recognized sole repository<ref>PMID: 30357364</ref> of all published, empirically-determined atomic resolution macromolecular three-dimensional (3D) structure data. Founded in 1971 by Drs. Edgar Meyer and Walter Hamilton at [http://www.bnl.gov Brookhaven National Laboratory]<REF>PMID:875032</REF><REF>PMID:10089483</REF>, management of the Protein Data Bank was headed by Tom Koestle until 1994 and then by [http://www.weizmann.ac.il/~joel Joel L. Sussman] till 1999, when it was transferred to members of the [http://home.rcsb.org/ Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB)]. RCSB is managed at Rutgers University and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. It was directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_M._Berman Helen M. Berman] until July 2014, when Stephen K. Burley took over the directorship<ref>[http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/general_information/news_publications/newsletters/2014q4/home.html#one2 Leadership Transition], RCSB Newsletter, Fall 2014.</ref>. In 2008, the PDB had three official branches: the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB, USA), the European Bioinformatics Institute (PDBe, UK), and the Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj, Osaka). In 2022, Protein Data Bank China (PDBc, Shanghai) became an Associate Member.