Kudos to the wwPDB for implementing this feature! It worked great for me last Friday,
Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 [email protected] (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) On Aug 3, 2026, at 7:12 AM, Deborah Harrus <[email protected]> wrote: External Mail This email originated from outside of UT Southwestern. Please be cautious. <https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!VXxHEzwzK9tdQ_EEDflSTbJzis9_MgpckTItqObnuKqJPPYKqiJtUUWOcxnm_fKzr61_Aj5chyv955mdLP5OCC1V3rPV-Fwi07kntY8bZUwyeQ$> Report Suspicious Dear all, Many structural biologists deposit multiple related entries: mutants, ligand-bound forms, re-refinements, or follow-up EM maps from the same project. Re-entering authors, citations, funding, macromolecules information and experimental details for each new deposition is repetitive and error-prone. The wwPDB OneDep deposition system has long offered a “Based on a previous wwPDB deposition” option on the File upload page. This feature has been substantially refactored and improved to make metadata reuse faster, more selective, and more reliable across X-ray, NMR, and EM depositions. In order to use this feature, depositors need to provide the previous deposition ID (with its password, or by using ORCID authentication), choose which metadata categories to copy, and upload new files as usual. Selected mmCIF metadata is merged into the new entry before annotation. The upload Summary page then shows what was imported, skipped, or blocked. The previous entry must be deposited at the same wwPDB site as the current entry. Key improvements include: * ORCID search: authenticated users can search their own past depositions and don’t need to re-enter the password * Re-upload support: the feature can be used during re-upload * Selective import: depositors choose specific categories (authors, citation, funding, keywords, macromolecules (new option), method-specific experimental information) * Macromolecule checks: entity metadata is copied only when polymer chains align between structures * Method-aware safeguards: X-ray, NMR, and EM options appear only when both depositions are compatible; EM reconstruction sub-method must also match for EM experimental information * Authoritative mmCIF source: metadata is copied from the related entry’s annotated mmCIF record The feature is available on the File upload page at deposit.wwpdb.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://deposit.wwpdb.org/__;!!MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!FOnVb80JE-WvL31ugHxVnlmFOErZR4deO1_4gOGkvj6GfKdfzG1vVFGWUQqgEyTvAKwWYE6A5yh63Yrq4VMdp6cZwzwxjzoGJBZKkQUOgTtrDxk$>. Further guidance is in the wwPDB deposition FAQ<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wwpdb.org/deposition/faq__;!!MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!FOnVb80JE-WvL31ugHxVnlmFOErZR4deO1_4gOGkvj6GfKdfzG1vVFGWUQqgEyTvAKwWYE6A5yh63Yrq4VMdp6cZwzwxjzoGJBZKkQUO-T5Vl7E$> and wwPDB tutorial page<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wwpdb.org/deposition/tutorial__;!!MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!FOnVb80JE-WvL31ugHxVnlmFOErZR4deO1_4gOGkvj6GfKdfzG1vVFGWUQqgEyTvAKwWYE6A5yh63Yrq4VMdp6cZwzwxjzoGJBZKkQUOopTW-x8$>. Kind regards, Deborah Harrus, on behalf of the wwPDB -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Deborah Harrus, Ph.D. PDBe Archive Project Leader, Biocuration Lead Protein Data Bank in Europe European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) European Molecular Biology Laboratory Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SD UK http://www.PDBe.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.PDBe.org__;!!MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!FOnVb80JE-WvL31ugHxVnlmFOErZR4deO1_4gOGkvj6GfKdfzG1vVFGWUQqgEyTvAKwWYE6A5yh63Yrq4VMdp6cZwzwxjzoGJBZKkQUOaOrlK2w$> ------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1__;!!MznTZTSvDXGV0Co!FOnVb80JE-WvL31ugHxVnlmFOErZR4deO1_4gOGkvj6GfKdfzG1vVFGWUQqgEyTvAKwWYE6A5yh63Yrq4VMdp6cZwzwxjzoGJBZKkQUOrQFZxcI$> ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
