2011/9/26 Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel < [email protected]>
> Le Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:03:59 +0800, > lina <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > Here I might be wrong. But I know someone who handled PDBs before. So I > > learned little. > > > > PDB is the abbreviation of the Protein Data Bank. > > > > PDB files just a file, you can touch a.pdb or b.pdb. > > > > But for the PDB ID which was the identity from the Protein Data Bank > (might > > not correct), > > different ID regards different protein structure and the structure > > information was gained from different lab or group. The bank gathered > those > > information together. > > so for certain pdb file such as 1RCT.pdb, when people used it, people > won't > > cite the Protein Data Bank, they will cite the group who found or predict > > it. > > > > thanks for the pdf file format clarification, > this ID is part of the pdb file or this is just a reference in the database > ? > It's an identification code. http://proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/PDB_identification_code Like you visited a library, every book has a code. and this library is the database. > -- > GPG public key 4096R/4696E015 2011-02-14 > fingerprint = E92E 7E6E 9E9D A6B1 AA31 39DC 5632 906F 4696 E015 > uid Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <[email protected]> > > GPG public key 1024D/A59B1171 2009-08-11 > fingerprint = 1688 A3D6 F0BD E4DF 2E6B 06AA B6A9 BA6A A59B 1171 > uid Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <[email protected]> > -- Best Regards, lina
