LySDB - Lysozyme Structural DataBase

Abstract

LySDB (Lysozyme Structural DataBase) is an integrated database containing 740 three-dimensional structures of lysozyme available in the Protein Data Bank. The database can be used to visualize the three-dimensional structure of the entire protein model or the substructures in which the user is interested (for example, insertions and deletions of amino acids) using the three-dimensional atomic coordinates. The database is provided with a search engine with several useful built-in facilities. The public domain graphics program RASMOL has been deployed for visualization. The three-dimensional structures used to create the database are updated at regular intervals and hence the users are provided with the current information available in the literature. The database LySDB is available over the World Wide Web and can be accessed at the URL http://iris.physics.iisc.ernet.in/lysdb/ or http://144.16.71.2/lysdb/.