Introduction Protein Data Bank Radka Svobodová CEITEC Masaryk University What is the Protein Data Bank (PDB)? PDBe.org An archive of experimentally determined 3-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules Protein, nucleic acids, sugars Available to anyone for free Worldwide Protein Data Bank - wwPDB wwpdb.org wwPDB.org ‘The PDB’ FTP Archive Methods of solving the structures PDBe.org 10% solution NMR Spectroscopy 1% Electron microscopy 88% X-ray crystallography ‘Other’: Fibre diffraction Neutron Crystallography Solid state NMR Methods of solving the structures PDBe.org 10% solution NMR Spectroscopy 1% Electron microscopy 88% X-ray crystallography ‘Other’: Fibre diffraction Neutron Crystallography Solid state NMR