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PDBx/mmCIF Working Group
A working group has been established to enable the direct use of PDBx/mmCIF format files in the major macromolecular crystallographic software tools.
At a September 2011 meeting held at PDBe, the wwPDB met with key software developers to discuss the limitations of the PDB file format in its ability to support data for large structures, complex chemistry, and new and hybrid experimental methods.
Rather than designing an entirely new format, the consensus among developers was to actively switch to the PDBx/mmCIF format, particularly for use in deposition. A meeting outcome was the formation of this working group for the adoption of the PDBx/mmCIF format for deposition and as an exchange format between programs for macromolecular crystallography. Making it easier to capture more information in deposition and archiving will be part of this process.
Members of the PDBx/mmCIF Working Group are:
- Paul Adams, LBL (Phenix), Chair
- Pavel Afonine, LBL (Phenix)
- Helen Berman, RCSB PDB
- Paul Emsley, Oxford University (Coot)
- Rasmus Fogh, Cambridge University (CCPN)
- Richard Gildea, LBL (Phenix)
- Gerard Kleywegt, PDBe
- Eugene Krissinel, STFC (CCP4)
- Garib Murshudov, LMB-MRC (REFMAC)
- Tom Oldfield, PDBe
- Oliver Smart, Global Phasing (BUSTER)
- Sameer Velankar, PDBe
- John Westbrook, RCSB PDB
September 2011 Workshop Participants
Top row: Sameer Velankar, Paul Adams, Randy Read, Thomas Womack, John Westbrook, Gerard Kleywegt, Eugene Krissinel
Middle row: John Ionides, Garib Murshudov, Helen Berman, Gerard Bricogne, Tom Oldfield
Bottom row: Oliver Smart, Paul Emsley, Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve
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