Protein Structure Data

Attributes

• alignments (array of strings) - Filenames or UUIDs of structure–sequence alignment files (e.g. generated by FATCAT or DALI) used to superimpose the PDB entry on related proteins. [ "1A2B_vs_Pfam00400.align", "1A2B_chainA.dali" ]
• authors (array of strings) - Author list extracted from the original PDB deposition or associated journal article; displayed in structure-report headers. [ "Smith A J", "Lee B", "Patel C" ]
• date_inserted (date) - ISO-8601 UTC datetime when the structure row was added to BV-BRC. Enables incremental database sync. "2023-05-23T13:17:41Z"
• date_modified (date) - Updated whenever any field is edited (e.g. sequence mapping corrected). "2025-04-28T08:56:02Z"
• feature_id (string) - `fig …` identifier of the CDS whose product maps to this PDB entry (best chain/segment).
• file_path (string) - Internal path or URL to the gzipped .pdb, .cif, or mmCIF file stored by BV-BRC. "/pdb/2024/04/1A2B.cif.gz"
• gene (array of strings) - Gene names for each chain mapped in the structure. [ "recA" ]
• genome_id (string) - BV-BRC genome_id of the organism whose protein was crystallised; foreign-key for genome queries. "511145.183"
• institution (string) - Lab or centre that solved the structure (from PDB HEADER). "Brookhaven National Laboratory"
• method (array of strings) - Techniques reported in the PDB header: X-ray Diffraction, Cryo-EM, NMR. Stored as array because hybrid methods exist. [ "X-ray Diffraction" ]
• organism_name (array of case insensitive strings) - Scientific names of biological sources for each chain; array supports chimeric constructs. [ "Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655" ]
• patric_id (string) - Historical duplicate kept for compatibility with older APIs. `"fig
• pdb_id * (string) - Four-character PDB identifier uniquely defining the entry. "1A2B"
• pmid (array of strings) - Literature citations linked to the structure. [ "98765432", "34567890" ]
• product (array of strings) - Functional descriptions for each chain, mirroring gene array order. [ "DNA recombinase RecA" ]
• release_date (date) - When the structure became publicly available in the PDB archive. "1999-07-22T00:00:00Z"
• resolution (string) - Resolution string as reported ("2.1 Å" for X-ray; "3.0 Å map" for EM). "2.10 Å"
• sequence (array of strings) - Amino-acid sequences for each chain in the entry, in order. [ "MQQLNVFT…KQL" ]
• sequence_md5 (array of strings) - 32-char MD5 digests parallel to sequence array; enables rapid mapping to identical chains in other genomes. [ "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e" ]
• taxon_id (array of integers) - NCBI taxonomy IDs matching organism_name entries. [ 562 ]
• taxon_lineage_ids (array of strings) - Semicolon-delimited ancestry IDs for each organism; used in taxon-tree visualisations. [ "2;1224;1236;91347;543;562" ]
• taxon_lineage_names (array of strings) - Parallel string of lineage names to complement taxon_lineage_ids. [ "Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Enterobacterales;Enterobacteriaceae;Escherichia coli" ]
• title (case insensitive string) - Free-text title line from the PDB header, displayed in search results. "Crystal structure of E. coli RecA bound to ssDNA"
• uniprotkb_accession (array of strings) - UniProt accessions for each chain, aiding functional cross-links. [ "P0A7V8" ]

API

https://www.bv-brc.org/api/protein_structure/103L