The RCSB PDB "Molecule of the Month": Inspiring a Molecular View of Biology

David S Goodsell; Shuchismita Dutta; Christine Zardecki; Maria Voigt; Helen M Berman; Stephen K Burley

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002140

The RCSB PDB "Molecule of the Month": Inspiring a Molecular View of Biology

PLoS Biol. 2015 May 5;13(5):e1002140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002140. eCollection 2015 May.

Authors

David S Goodsell¹, Shuchismita Dutta², Christine Zardecki², Maria Voigt², Helen M Berman², Stephen K Burley³

Affiliations

¹ RCSB Protein Data Bank; Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
² RCSB Protein Data Bank; Center for Integrative Proteomics Research and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.
³ RCSB Protein Data Bank; Center for Integrative Proteomics Research and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America; BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America; San Diego Supercomputer Center and Skaggs School of Pharmacological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America.

Abstract

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) Molecule of the Month series provides a curated introduction to the 3-D biomolecular structures available in the Protein Data Bank archive and the tools that are available at the RCSB website for accessing and exploring them. A variety of educational materials, such as articles, videos, posters, hands-on activities, lesson plans, and curricula, build on this series for use in a variety of educational settings as a general introduction to key topics, such as enzyme action, protein synthesis, and viruses. The series and associated educational materials are freely available at www.rcsb.org.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Databases as Topic*
Molecular Biology / education*
Molecular Structure*

Grants and funding

The authors were supported by the National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov) DBI-1338415. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.