October release of RCSB PDB website

The latest release of the RCSB PDB website features a number of exiting new features some of which I will present in more detail during follow-up blog postings.


Above a screenshot of the new Category Browser for the Molecule of the Months.

Here a list of all new features:

Molecule of the Month Improvements

• New Category View
• Molecule of the Month Archive

PDBMobile for the iPhone

• Download Application
• Search PDB & Browse Results
• View the Latest News & Molecule of the Month
• MyPDB
• Save Queries
• Personal Structure Annotations

Query Result Browser Improvements

• Data Distribution by Category for Query Results
• Data Distribution by Category for Entire PDB
• Drill-Down by Categories

Chemical Components

• Integration with Binding Affinity Data from BindingDB
• Binding Affinity Data on Structure Summary Page
• Binding Affinity Advanced Search
• New Ligand Summary Page Layout
• Related Entries
• Related Ligands

Tabular Report Improvements

• Ligand Summary Report on Ligand Hits Tab
• New Fields for Customizable Table

Comparison Tool Improvements

• Stand-alone version supports alignment of SCOP domains

General Site Improvements

• Search Improvements
• Top-Bar Search
• PubMed Abstract Search
• Browse Database
• Auto-Complete
• Source Organism Browser with Common Names
• Sequence Search
• PSI-BLAST Search to Find Distantly Related Proteins
• Low Complexity Filter for Sequence Searches
• Sequence and Structure Visualization Improvement
• Improved Domain Display on Sequence Tab
• New Jmol Display Options
• Left Hand Menu
• MyPDB Widget
• Help Widget
• Glossary of Terms
• Sitemap
• Website Performance Improvements