Announcing mandatory submission of PDBx/mmCIF format files for crystallographic depositions to the Protein Data Bank (PDB)

Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2019 Apr 1;75(Pt 4):451-454. doi: 10.1107/S2059798319004522. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Abstract

This letter announces that PDBx/mmCIF format files will become mandatory for crystallographic depositions to the Protein Data Bank (PDB).

Keywords: OneDep; PDB; PDBx/mmCIF format; Protein Data Bank; Worldwide Protein Data Bank; biocuration; data archiving; data dictionary; data standards; macromolecular crystallography; mmCIF; validation; wwPDB.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods*
  • Database Management Systems / standards*
  • Databases, Protein*
  • Humans
  • Protein Conformation*
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Software*

Substances

  • Proteins