Proteopedia - a scientific 'wiki' bridging the rift between three-dimensional structure and function of biomacromolecules

Genome Biol. 2008;9(8):R121. doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r121. Epub 2008 Aug 3.

Abstract

Many scientists lack the background to fully utilize the wealth of solved three-dimensional biomacromolecule structures. Thus, a resource is needed to present structure/function information in a user-friendly manner to a broad scientific audience. Proteopedia http://www.proteopedia.org is an interactive, wiki web-resource whose pages have embedded three-dimensional structures surrounded by descriptive text containing hyperlinks that change the appearance (view, representations, colors, labels) of the adjacent three-dimensional structure to reflect the concept explained in the text.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Protein*
  • Internet
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Conformation*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Software*

Substances

  • Proteins