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The PDBsum text search allows very simple searches of the text found in the PDB header records, which include the TITLE, HEADER, COMPND and SOURCE. the search is ideally suited for single words, such as

simple strings (which have to be matched exactly), as in

or pairs of words/strings separated by plus signs, " + ",

Note that some search-words might be present in other words. For example, the simple search for "crystallin" might throw up entries containing the word "crystalline":

1ksz - Entrapment of 6-thiophosphoryl-imp in the active site of crystalline adenylosuccinate synthetase from escherichia coli, data collected at 298k

TITLE : CRYSTALLINE ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHETASE FROM ESCHERICHIA

To get round this, you can enclose the word, together with a space in front of it and one behind, within double-quotes:

Another example might be crystallin from rat. Merely entering:

will find not only all crystallin structures which contain the word "rat", but also those containing the word "temperature"

1gcs - Gamma-b crystallin (previously called gamma-ii crystallin) low temperature (150 k) structure

COMPND: GAMMA-B CRYSTALLIN (PREVIOUSLY CALLED GAMMA-II CRYSTALLIN)
COMPND: LOW TEMPERATURE (150 K) STRUCTURE

Again, the way around this is to make sure "rat" is treated as a single word by surrounding it by spaces and quotes:

which gives:

1a5d - Gammae crystallin from rat lens

TITLE : GAMMAE CRYSTALLIN FROM RAT LENS

Roman Laskowski, Mar 2004