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A Protocol for Computer-Based Protein Structure and Function Prediction
Published on: November 3, 2011
The Protein Structure Initiative: achievements and visions for the future
1Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Abstract:
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) was established in 2000 by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences with the long-term goal of providing 3D (three-dimensional) structural information for most proteins in nature. As advances in genomic sequencing, bioinformatics, homology modelling, and methods for rapid determination of 3D structures of proteins by X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) converged, it was proposed that our understanding of the biology of protein structure and evolution could be greatly enabled by 'genomic-scale' protein structure determination. Over the past 12 years, the PSI has evolved from a testing bed for new methods of sample and structure production to a core component of a wide range of biology programs.
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