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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2025

Protein Data Bank Japan: Computational Resources for Analysis of Protein Structures.

Gert-Jan Bekker, Chioko Nagao, Matsuyuki Shirota, Tsukasa Nakamura, Toshiaki Katayama, Daisuke Kihara, Kengo Kinoshita, Genji Kurisu

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Protein Data Bank Japan: Improved tools for sequence-oriented analysis of protein structures.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gert-Jan BekkerInstitute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Electronic address: gertjan.bekker@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Chioko NagaoInstitute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Matsuyuki ShirotaTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan; Advanced Research Center for Innovations in Next-Generation Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan; Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.
Tsukasa NakamuraDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Structural Biology Research Center, Institute of Material Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan.
Toshiaki KatayamaInstitute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Database Center for Life Science, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0871, Japan.
Daisuke KiharaInstitute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Structural Biology Research Center, Institute of Material Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan; Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Kengo KinoshitaTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan; Advanced Research Center for Innovations in Next-Generation Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8573, Japan; Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.
Genji KurisuInstitute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Protein Research Foundation, Ina 4-1-2, Minoh, Osaka 562-8686, Japan. Electronic address: gkurisu@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp.

Funding

Building protein structure models for intermediate resolution cryo-electron microscopy mapsR01GM133840 · NIGMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI KIHARA, DAISUKE · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM133840
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj, https://pdbj.org/) is the Asian hub of three-dimensional macromolecular structure data, and a founding member of the worldwide Protein Data Bank. We have accepted, processed, and distributed experimentally determined biological macromolecular structures for over two decades. Although we collaborate with RCSB PDB and BMRB in the United States, PDBe and EMDB in Europe and recently PDBc in China for our data-in activities, we have developed our own unique services and tools for searching, exploring, visualizing, and analyzing protein structures. We have also developed novel archives for computational data and raw crystal diffraction images. Recently, we introduced the Sequence Navigator Pro service to explore proteins using experimental and computational approaches, which enables experimental structural biologists to increase their insight to help them to design their experimental studies more efficiently. In addition, we also introduced a new UniProt-integrated portal to provide users with a quick overview of their target protein and it shows a recommended structure and integrates data from various internal and external resources. With these new additions, we have enhanced our service portfolio to benefit both experimental as computational structural biologists in their search to interpret protein structures, their dynamics and function.

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Computational BiologyDatabases, ProteinProteinsJapanModels, MolecularProtein ConformationSoftwareProteinsdata archivesPDBprotein structuresequence analysesUniProt

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PMID40133793
PMCPMC12744820

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