PDBEurope/protein_chain_conformational_states

Schema description:

The manually curated dataset of open-closed monomers is included here as benchmarking_monomeric_open_closed_conformers.csv.

Column descriptions:

Schema description:

The manually curated dataset of open-closed monomers is included here as benchmarking_monomeric_open_closed_conformers.csv.

Column descriptions:

• UNP_ACC | UniProt accession code
• UNP_START | Start of UniProt sequence for given PDBe entries
• UNP_END | End of UniProt sequence for given PDBe entries
• PDBe_ID | Protein Data Bank code
• CHAIN_ID | Author declared chain ID (char)
• label_asym_id | Programmatically assigned chain ID (char)
• CONFORMER_ID | Unique code for PDBe entries with distinct conformation, corresponding to a given UniProt accession
• CONFORMER_DESCR | Short description of conformation, based on depositor's assessment of the protein/conformation
• LIT_CONFIRMED | True/false value based on whether a publication (scientific literature) was available for manually curating clusters. NB: Clusters with 0 in this field should be used with caution.
• ALT_CONFORMER_ID | Where the publication for a structure is currently outstanding, an executive decision on the conformation classification is made. Where the literature is not explicit on the features of a given conformation, the second most suitable CONFORMER_ID is provided in this column. Blank cells have no other likely conformation assignmnt and are therefore the same as in CONFORMER_ID.
• ALT_CONFORMER_DESCR | Description for conformation in alternative conformation ID.

Curation process

As of 09 Mar 2022, a manually curated dataset of monomeric protein conformations has been collated, containing 'open'-'closed' pairs as well as intermediary states defined by the authors of the entry.

1. The PDBe was queried, through its Oracle DB, to find PDBe entries with 100 % sequence identity for a UniProt segment in both 'open' and 'closed' conformations, as stated in the entry's TITLE field. The query used:

select b.accession, b.unp_start, b.unp_end, a.id, a.title, d.id, d.title
from entry a, unp_entity b, unp_entity c, entry d, pdb_assembly e
where a.title like ‘%open%’  and d.title like ‘%close%’
and a.id = b.entry_id and d.id = c.entry_id and a.id != d.id
and b.accession = c.accession
and b.unp_start = c.unp_start
and b.unp_end = c.unp_end
and a.id = e.entry_id
and e.type = ‘homo’
and e.name = ‘monomer’

was written by Dr Sameer Velankar.

2. These results were cleaned to remove entries with 'open' or 'close' substrings in their TITLE fields that did not refer to conformation. The 'open' substring often appeared in ligand names in the entries' TITLE field, such as in dichlorido(1,3-dimethylbenzimidaz ol-2-ylidene)(eta5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium(III) and 'close' in terms like discloses.

3. All remaining entries were then manually curated by investigating each PDBe entry's corresponding publication, where available.

4. Additional PDBe entries submitted by the authors, which were missed in the original search due to a lack of 'open' or 'close' substrings in their TITLE field but stated as fitting one of the states in the publication, were added.

5. For some UniProt accessions, intermediary conformations were reported by the authors and these were noted in the dataset under the CONFORMER_DESCR column.

6. Entries deposited in monomeric form but solved as a multimeric complex were also removed.

7. PDBe entries, now clustered by author-stated conformation, were cross-referenced against the PDBe-KB's existing clustering algorithm (available on the Aggregate Views of Proteins page) to assess current conformer clustering success. These results are currently awaiting publication.

Curation process outline

Dataset summary