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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2021

Enhanced validation of small-molecule ligands and carbohydrates in the Protein Data Bank.

Zukang Feng, John D Westbrook, Raul Sala, Oliver S Smart, Gérard Bricogne, Masaaki Matsubara, Issaku Yamada, Shinichiro Tsuchiya, Kiyoko F Aoki-Kinoshita, Jeffrey C Hoch and 4 more

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Zukang FengResearch Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
John D WestbrookResearch Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Raul SalaResearch Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Oliver S SmartGlobal Phasing Ltd., Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, UK.
Gérard BricogneGlobal Phasing Ltd., Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX, UK.
Masaaki MatsubaraThe Noguchi Institute, 1-9-7, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan.
Issaku YamadaThe Noguchi Institute, 1-9-7, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan.
Shinichiro TsuchiyaThe Noguchi Institute, 1-9-7, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan.
Kiyoko F Aoki-KinoshitaFaculty of Science and Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan; Glycan & Life Systems Integration Center, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.
Jeffrey C HochBiological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.
Genji KurisuProtein Data Bank Japan, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Sameer VelankarProtein Data Bank in Europe, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK.
Stephen K BurleyResearch Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA; Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Jasmine Y YoungResearch Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Electronic address: jasmine.young@rcsb.org.

Funding

PDB MANAGEMENT BY THE RESEARCH COLLABORATORY FOR STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICSR01GM133198 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI BURLEY, STEPHEN K · 2019 to 2023
$19.3M
The BMRB as an evolving resource for biomolecular structure-function researchR01GM109046 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HOCH, JEFFREY C · 2014 to 2022
$6.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM109046NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM133198Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) has provided validation reports based on recommendations from community Validation Task Forces for structures in the PDB since 2013. To further enhance validation of small molecules as recommended from the 2016 Ligand Validation Workshop, wwPDB, Global Phasing Ltd., and the Noguchi Institute, recently formed a public/private partnership to incorporate some of their software tools into the wwPDB validation package. Augmented wwPDB validation report features include: two-dimensional (2D) diagrams of small-molecule ligands and carbohydrates, highlighting geometric validation outcomes; 2D topological diagrams of oligosaccharides present in branched entities generated using 2D Symbol Nomenclature for Glycan representation; and views of 3D electron density maps for ligands and carbohydrates, illustrating the goodness-of-fit between the atomic structure and experimental data (X-ray crystallographic structures only). These improvements will impact confidence in ligand conformation and ligand-macromolecular interactions that will aid in understanding biochemical function and contribute to small-molecule drug discovery.

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CarbohydratesCheminformaticsDatabases, ChemicalDatabases, ProteinHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingProteomeProteomicsSmall Molecule LibrariesCarbohydratesLigandsProteomeSmall Molecule Libraries3D macromolecular structurebiocurationOneDepPDBProtein Data Banksmall-molecule ligandsstructural biologystructure data qualityvalidationWorldwide Protein Data Bank

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PMID33657417
PMCPMC8026741

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