Structural Classification of Proteins
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Structural Classification of Proteins

Welcome to SCOP: Structural Classification of Proteins. 1.57 release.
14729 PDB Entries (1 Oct 2001). 35 Literature References. 35685 Domains (excluding nucleic acids and theoretical models). Folds, superfamilies, and families statistics here. List of obsolete entries since 1.55.

Authors. Alexey G. Murzin, Loredana Lo Conte, Bartlett G. Ailey, Steven E. Brenner, Tim J. P. Hubbard, and Cyrus Chothia. scop@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Reference: Murzin A. G., Brenner S. E., Hubbard T., Chothia C. (1995). SCOP: a structural classification of proteins database for the investigation of sequences and structures. J. Mol. Biol. 247, 536-540. [PDF]
Major changes (stable identifiers, parseable files, extended searching and linking options, reclassified entries history) are described in: Lo Conte L., Brenner S. E., Hubbard T.J.P., Chothia C., Murzin A. (2002). SCOP database in 2002: refinements accommodate structural genomics. Nucl. Acid Res. 30(1), 264-267. [PDF].
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Nearly all proteins have structural similarities with other proteins and, in some of these cases, share a common evolutionary origin. The SCOP database, created by manual inspection and abetted by a battery of automated methods, aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive description of the structural and evolutionary relationships between all proteins whose structure is known. As such, it provides a broad survey of all known protein folds, detailed information about the close relatives of any particular protein, and a framework for future research and classification.

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