Molecules To Go - Overview
"Molecules To Go" is a World Wide Web (WWW) Forms interface
which facilitates access (browsing, searching and retrieval) to the
molecular structure data contained within the Brookhaven Protein
Data Bank (PDB).
Through the Molecules To Go request FORM, one may request a PDB data file
to be returned in one of several different formats:
- Raw Data (Text) - the original PDB raw data file
- PDB Viewer* - Interactive structure (requires a program which can read PDB files, e.g.RasMol)
- Mage Viewer* - Interactive structure (requires the program Mage)
- Motifs (Rasmol)* - Interactive structure with Protein Motifs patterns highlighted (requires RasMol 2.6)
- H-Bond Map (Mage)* - 2D "hydrogen bond map" of a protein structure(requires the program Mage)
- Line Drawing (GIF) - Image generated on the server by Rasmol or Raster3d
- Ball and Stick (GIF) - Image generated on the server by Rasmol or Raster3d
- Space Filling (GIF) - Image generated on the server by Rasmol or Raster3d
- Ribbons (GIF) - Image generated on the server by Rasmol or Raster3d
- Stride 2D Analysis (Text) - output of the secondary structure analysis program Stride
- Torsions (Text) - Returns the backbone torsion angles associated with a protein structure
- Backbone (JAVA) - Uses the
PDB3D Java APPLET
developed by Scott Le Grand (UCLA),
to render alpha carbon traces of protein structures.
- 3D Line (JAVA) - Uses the WebMol Java APPLET
[UCSF(USA) or
EMBL(Germany)]
developed by Dirk Walther(UCSF)
to allow detailed viewing and analysis of the entire structure.
- 3D Line (VRML) - Interactive 3D line drawing of
the structure in VRML format.
*These items require the use of a client side
helper program
(viewer).
Detailed instructions on using Molecules To Go can be found here.
Last Updated: 11/20/97
Molecules To Go - Peter_FitzGerald@nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892