Where did the structures in BioMolecular Explorer 3D come from?
Most of the structures are freely available in the form of data files through the Protein Data Bank, which archives all published empirical macromolecular 3D structure data. Some of the DNA and lipid structures at BME3D are theoretical models, while other DNA structures and all of the protein structures are research results from X-ray crystallography. Each structure data file can be identified using its 4-character PDB identification code. PDB ID codes are displayed in the left-hand column of the page in FirstGlance in Jmol, and are often available in Jmol at the top line of the Jmol pop-up menu.
