Welcome to PISA
  (Protein Interfaces, Surfaces and Assemblies)  

Please cite PISA when you publish or otherwise present any results obtained from this service.
  Current version: 1.18 built 30/03/2009
 

Important notice: On July 31, 2007, PDB has released the Remediated PDB Archive. Detail list of changes may be found here. Starting from version 1.13, PISA accepts both old and remediated files, however PISA database (pre-calculated results for all PDB entries) is built solely on the new, remediated, archive. For any queries and bug reports, please use the "Feedback" section below.

PISA is an interactive tool for the exploration of macromolecular (protein, DNA/RNA and ligand) interfaces, prediction of probable quaternary structures (assemblies), database searches of structurally similar interfaces and assemblies, as well as searches on various assembly and PDB entry parameters.

Using this service, you can

  • retrieve results, precalculated for the whole PDB archive, from PISA database, or calculate interactively for your structure, uploaded as a PDB or mmCIF file:
    • structural and chemical properties of macromolecular surfaces
    • structural and chemical properties of macromolecular interfaces
    • probable quaternary structures (assemblies), their structural and chemical properties and probable dissociation pattern
  • search PDB archive for particular interfaces formed by structural homologues
  • search PISA database of precalculated results using a wide range of options, such as multimeric state, symmetry number, space group, accessible/buried suraface area, free energy of dissociation, presence/absence of salt bridges and disulphide bonds, homomeric type, ligands and keywords
  • assess significance (biological role) of macromolecular interfaces
  • download and visualise structures, interfaces and assemblies using Rasmol (Unix/Linux platforms), Rastop (MS Windows machines) and Jmol (platform-independent server-side java viewer)

 
Please read "Disclaimer", "Tips" and "Visualisation" sections from the following list before working with the server for the first time. Other topics may also be useful.  

 
 
PISA is based on the new CCP4 Coordinate Library, found here.
PISA uses SSM technology for structural searches.
PISA queries may be launched from any web site, see instructions here.
PISA data may be downloaded using URL links, see instructions here.

 

FEEDBACK
We appreciate you using this service. We keep working on it in order to better meet the needs of protein science community. If the service has not met your expectations, we would be grateful if you let us know why. Any questions, comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome.

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