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 MSD   EMBO Lecture Course
3D Structure Databases - Uses for Biological Problem solving

LINKS to FILES (in chronological order)


Monday 20th September


Background PDF

Introduction PDF

An overview of the RCSB Protein Data Bank: Dr Helen Berman (RCSB) - Talk: PPT

Crystals, Symmetry and Protein Assemblies: Dr Kim Henrick (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT
references: PDF

Protein-DNA interactions: Dr Sue Jones - Talk: PDF, PPT

Using the Thornton-Group; WWW Database Services for Structural Research: Dr Roman Laskowski (EBI).Talk PDF, PPT

Quaternary Structure Inference of Proteins from their Crystals: Dr Hannes Ponstingl (EBI). Talk PDF

Validation of protein structures ... Or: just because it was published in Nature, doesn't mean it's true !: Dr. Gerard Kleywegt (Uppsala University, Sweden) Talk see Validation of protein crystal structures (Review) Acta Cryst. (2000). D56, 249-265 PDF

3D databases and data warehouse technology: Dr Phil McNeil (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT

Clustering of 3D structures and representative sets: Dr Thomas Oldfield (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT

Sequences and 3D structures (Integration of 3D data and sequence databases): Dr Sameer Velankar (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT

Structure analysis: Professor Janet Thornton (EBI). Talk PDF, PPT


Tuesday 21st September


Searching 3D protein structures for conserved DNA-binding motifs: Dr Sue Jones - Tutorial: HTML

Using the 'Thornton-Group' WWW Database Services for Structural Research: Dr Roman Laskowski (EBI)

Pfam and MEROPS: Robert Finn (Sanger)
  • PFAM Tutorial Notes PDF, PPT
  • MEROPS Tutorial Notes PDF, PPT
  • PFAM Database Tutorial PDF, HTML
  • Clans and Domains Comparisons Tutorial PDF, HTML
  • iPFAM Tutorial PDF, HTML
  • MEROPS Tutorial Notes PDF, HTML

  • Protein Structure Classification and Genome Annotation: Technologies and Insights from the CATH (Reference) Database: Professor Christine Orengo (UCL, London), Talk PDF, PPT

    SCOP Structural Classification of Proteins: Dr Loredana Lo Conte (LMB, Cambridge)
    Reference:Murzin A. G., Brenner S. E., Hubbard T., Chothia C. (1995). SCOP: a structural classification of proteins database for the investigation of sequences and structures. J. Mol. Biol. 247, 536-540.
  • SCOP Release Notes HTML
  • Major changes (stable identifiers, parseable files, extended searching and linking options, reclassified entries history) are described in: Lo Conte L., Brenner S. E., Hubbard T.J.P., Chothia C., Murzin A. (2002). SCOP database in 2002: refinements accommodate structural genomics. Nucl. Acid Res. 30(1), 264-267. [PDF].

  • Andreeva A., Howorth D., Brenner S.E., Hubbard T.J.P., Chothia C., Murzin A.G. (2004). SCOP database in 2004: refinements integrate structure and sequence family data. Nucl. Acid Res. 32:D226-D229.

  • SSM fold characterization: Dr Eugene Krissinel (EBI)- Tutorial: HTML, Introduction: PDF, PPT


    Wednesday 22nd September


    Validation of protein structures: Dr Gerard Kleywegt (Uppsala)
  • Tutorial HTML
  • Background LINKS
  • Notes PDF
  • Handouts Part1 PDF, Part2 PDF, Part3 PDF, Part4 PDF, Part5 PDF

  • Learning about structures using the RCSB PDB and the RCSB PDB Beta site : Dr Wolfgang Bluhm (Univ of California)
  • Tutorial Part 1 PDF
  • Tutorial Part 2 PDF
  • Introduction PDF
  • , PPT
  • Ferritin Tutorial Server1 (HTML), Server2 (HTML), Server3 (HTML)

  • Evaluation of structure quality tutorial, using RCSB tools: Ms Kyle Burkhardt (RCSB PDB)
  • Introduction PDF, PPT
  • Tutorial PDF
  • RCSB PDB Validation Tutorial Server1 HTML, Server2 HTML, Server3 HTML
  • Questions/Response PDF


  • Thursday 23rd September


    The MSD Database Tools MSDchem, MSDlite, MSDpro, MSDsite: J Swaminathan, S Velankar, A Golovin, D Dimitropoulos and H Bouselakis (EBI)
  • MSDsearch Introduction: PDF, PPT
  • MSDsite Introduction: PDF, PPT
  • MSDchem Introduction: PDF, PPT
  • MSDpro demo: HTML
  • The MSD back-end: PPT, PDF
  • MSDmine Introduction: PPT, PDF

  • Advanced AstexViewer integrated into 3D PDB searches: J Tate (EBI): Talk PDF, PPT
  • AstexViewer Tutorial HTML
  • AstexViewer Help PDF

  • Tutorials - using MSD Tools to solve Problems
  • LECTIN Tutorial HTML
  • Structural Genomics Tutorial HTML
  • MSDsite turorial HTML
  • MSDsite Case Study Tutorial HTML
  • MSDchem Tutorial HTML
  • These use: MSDlite, MSDsite, MSDfold(SSM), MSDpro


    Tutorials - Database replication and use on your Desktop - MSDmySQL and MSDmine
  • MSD database Tutorial PDF, HTML
  • MSD mine Tutorial PDF, HTML

  • Tutorials - Scripting languages + data mining: Dr Jaime Prilusky (Weizmann Institute, Israel) - tutorial: HTML

    What is visualisation and how are complex data represented? Prof Bob Spence (Imperial College, London) - talk: PDF, PPT

    Small Structural and Sequence Motifs: Dr James Milner-White (University of Glasgow) - talk: PDF, PPT
    HandOut PDF

    Visualisation data mining: Dr Thomas Oldfield (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT

    More on Patterns: Kim Henrick (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT


    Friday 24th September


    Summary of 3D data and WWW current scientific resources for 3D structure: Dr Thomas Oldfield (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT
    DataBase Links

    Now you've seen the services - a word about Conceptual basis for data analysis, problem solving and critical thinking: Kim Henrick (EBI) - Talk: PDF, PPT

    Data Interchange / API's Data Integration Problems and Query Interchange: Dr John Westbrook (RCSB) Talk PDF, PPT


    Additional Links Requested


  • Docking and Modelling LINKS
  • More about patterns

  • MSD Home Page idex of services index of resources documentation index Go to deposition page FTP access