>> There has been some talk lately about accessing the PDB via gopher.
> Right now, just want to find out if a given sequence has a known crystal
> structure. I have run FASTA of selected domains of my protein using GCG
> on my local VAX. I now want to know which proteins to look up in the library
> first. I figure that those with known crystal structures will probably have
> the most information about the likely structure and function of the domains
> that I have selected. What is the quickest way to find out this info?
>
The best way is to get the NRL_3D databank from PIR. It contains the
sequences of those proteins whose structures are known and deposited within
the PDB. Since it is in PIR format, it can easily be transformed into a GCG
database.
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