Re: MIMEd structures

Henry Brzeski (H.Brzeski@strath.ac.uk)
Fri, 16 Jun 95 11:53:15 BST

> I think this is a really good idea and one that should be fairly
>easy to set up. I suggest that we discuss (briefly!) on this list how we
>might index such a list and then we can mount a form at BBK that people
>can post to. In simple form it could have:
> - reference numbers (SWISSPROT, PDB, etc)
> - URL(s)
> - brief description
> - keywords (very important)
> - authorship.
>
>We also need an acronym.
>The description would then look something like:
>
>FOOBAR_33 (ref number)
>Protein: INS_HUMAN
>Description: The quaternary sturucture of insulin and domain movements
>Content-types: text/html, chemical/PDB , image/gif, application/x-postscript
>Contents: hyperarticle (ca. 10 pp) about ....
>Author: A.B.Xyzzy
>URL: http://www.plugh.com/insulin/index.html
> (mirror at...)
>Keywords: Insulin, quaternary structure, domain, immunology
>
>(I am sure you can think of some more).

Actually no. I think you have all the important things. The only thing was
that when I devised my page I I meant it to be both interactive and to give
the user some scope for learning how to use rasmol to examine protein
structures for themselves by looking for particular interactions. Both aims
are easily fulfilled because of the way that rasmol works. In the suggested
section called Content-types "chemical/x-pdb" will invariably be used for
running rasmol so that if anyone wants interactive displays then these will
be readily identifiable. The only other thing that will be of use is ........

> Please reply positively and then we can set somthing up at BBK
>(and mirror it elsewhere...) It has to be searchable by keyword, though
>we may also add browse features. I am sure there is a lot in the present
>course that could act as seedcorn.

having the ability to search the list of displays to find the protein you
are interested in. If you feel that the people at BBK could tackle this then
I think that I have to very strongly in favour of what you suggest.. I was
not looking forward to repeating the lac-repressor interactions illustration
for another 50 proteins I know very little about and so if you think that
BBK can prepare the forms and collate them then I most certainly am in
favour of this development.

Henry
Henry Brzeski
Dept of Bioscience and Biotechnology
The Todd Centre
University of Strathclyde
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