Protein Data Bank
E200553
The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Protein Data Bank canonical | 3 |
| PDB | 1 |
| PDBe | 1 |
| PDBj | 1 |
| RCSB PDB | 1 |
| Worldwide Protein Data Bank | 1 |
| Worldwide Protein Data Bank consortium | 1 |
| wwPDB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1793144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Protein Data Bank Context triple: [AlphaFold, relatedTo, Protein Data Bank]
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A.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a leading research organization that curates and distributes the world’s primary database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for the scientific community.
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B.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
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C.
Crystallographic Information Framework
The Crystallographic Information Framework is a standardized data format and ontology used worldwide for representing, exchanging, and archiving crystallographic and related structural science data.
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D.
IUCrData
IUCrData is an open-access crystallography data journal published by the International Union of Crystallography, focusing on brief reports of crystal structure determinations and related datasets.
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E.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open-data infrastructure that provides free access to biodiversity occurrence records from institutions and citizen-science projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Protein Data Bank Target entity description: The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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A.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is a leading research organization that curates and distributes the world’s primary database of small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures for the scientific community.
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B.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
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C.
Crystallographic Information Framework
The Crystallographic Information Framework is a standardized data format and ontology used worldwide for representing, exchanging, and archiving crystallographic and related structural science data.
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D.
IUCrData
IUCrData is an open-access crystallography data journal published by the International Union of Crystallography, focusing on brief reports of crystal structure determinations and related datasets.
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E.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open-data infrastructure that provides free access to biodiversity occurrence records from institutions and citizen-science projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological database
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ open-access database ⓘ scientific data repository ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Protein Data Bank
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
PDB
|
| accessPolicy |
free of charge
ⓘ
open access ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Protein Data Bank
ⓘ
surface form:
wwPDB
|
| collaboratesWith | International structural biology community ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataLicense | permissive data-use policy for research and education ⓘ |
| dataType |
NMR restraints
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atomic coordinates ⓘ electron microscopy maps (references) ⓘ structure factors ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| governedBy | wwPDB governance policies ⓘ |
| hasCitationGuideline | users should cite the PDB and the original structure publication ⓘ |
| hasDepositionSystem | OneDep ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Protein Data Bank
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Worldwide Protein Data Bank
|
| hasIdentifierScheme | PDB ID ⓘ |
| hasQualityControl | validation reports for deposited structures ⓘ |
| hasStandard |
PDB file format
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PDBx/mmCIF dictionary ⓘ mmCIF format ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Protein Data Bank
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Worldwide Protein Data Bank consortium
|
| memberOrganization |
BMRB
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PDB China ⓘ Protein Data Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PDBe
Protein Data Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
PDBj
Protein Data Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RCSB PDB
|
| originalLocation | Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ |
| primarySubject |
biological macromolecules
ⓘ
nucleic acids ⓘ proteins ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
bioinformatics
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computational chemistry ⓘ drug discovery ⓘ molecular modeling ⓘ structural biology research ⓘ |
| stores |
3D structures of nucleic acids
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3D structures of proteins ⓘ 3D structures of protein–ligand complexes ⓘ macromolecular complexes ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
biochemistry
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bioinformatics ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| supportsExperimentalMethod |
NMR spectroscopy
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X-ray crystallography ⓘ cryo-electron microscopy ⓘ electron microscopy ⓘ |
| typicalIdentifierLength | 4 characters ⓘ |
| usedBy |
academic researchers
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biotechnology industry ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.rcsb.org
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https://www.wwpdb.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Protein Data Bank Description of subject: The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PDB
this entity surface form:
Worldwide Protein Data Bank
this entity surface form:
wwPDB
this entity surface form:
Worldwide Protein Data Bank consortium
this entity surface form:
RCSB PDB
this entity surface form:
PDBe
this entity surface form:
PDBj