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No. 20 Winter 2004 FRONT PAGE Message from the RCSB PDB Announcing the Worldwide Protein Data Bank Downloadable PDB_EXTRACT Makes Deposition Easier Biological Unit Tutorial Now Available from the RCSB PDB Ligand Depot--a Small Molecule Information Resource PDB Focus: Deposition and Release Policies PDB Deposition Statistics Lucene Keyword Search Released on the RCSB PDB Web Site PDB Focus: Redundancy Reduction Cluster Data Available on the PDB FTP Site PDB Focus: Searching for Experimental Data Files Updates of mmCIF Files on the RCSB PDB FTP Site RCSB PDB Web Site Statistics NIGMS News: PSI-2 and Structural Biology Roadmap RFA RCSB PDB Article Published in Nucleic Acids Research New Update Release of CD-ROM Sets PDB Molecules of the Quarter: Trypsin, Simian Virus 40, and Catabolite Activator Protein PDB Community Focus: Edward N. Baker PDB Education Corner by Katherine Kantardjieff Related Links: FTP Resources RCSB PDB Job Listings RCSB PDB Members & Statement of Support Questions? info@rcsb.org © 2004 RCSB PDB
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NIGMS News: PSI-2 and Structural Biology Roadmap RFAConcept Clearance of the PSI-2 Production Phase Plans for the next phase of the NIGMS Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) were announced at the recent NIGMS Council meeting (www.nigms.nih.gov/news/reports/council-psi-sept03.html). This phase will begin in 2005 with the grant announcement expected for early 2004. It is envisioned as an interacting network with large-scale research centers that will operate as high throughput structural genomics pipelines for protein production and structure determination. The plans approved by the Council also include the establishment of specialized research centers for development of new methods, technology, and approaches for the production and structure determination of especially challenging proteins, such as membrane proteins and proteins from humans and other higher eukaryotic organisms, as well as for projects to address technology barriers to high-throughput operation. Since 2000, the NIGMS has funded nine pilot structural genomics research centers as part of its plan to reduce the costs and increase the success of the structural determination of proteins. The long- range goal of the PSI is to make the three-dimensional atomic-level structures of most proteins easily obtainable from knowledge of their corresponding DNA sequences. The pilot projects have focused on high throughput methods for structure determination in order to achieve these goals. For more information please visit www.nigms.nih.gov/psi. Announcement of Structural Biology Roadmap RFA Structural biology is also prominent in the plans of the NIH Roadmap
for Medical Research
(nihroadmap.nih.gov/structuralbiology/index.asp).
The roadmap includes an RFA (request for applications) for
Centers for Innovation in Membrane Protein Production. Letters
of intent are due by February 5, 2004 with applications due by
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