Institute for Protein Research and Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan;40(Database issue):D453-60. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr811. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
The Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBj, http://pdbj.org) is a member of the worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) and accepts and processes the deposited data of experimentally determined macromolecular structures. While maintaining the archive in collaboration with other wwPDB partners, PDBj also provides a wide range of services and tools for analyzing structures and functions of proteins, which are summarized in this article. To enhance the interoperability of the PDB data, we have recently developed PDB/RDF, PDB data in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) format, along with its ontology in the Web Ontology Language (OWL) based on the PDB mmCIF Exchange Dictionary. Being in the standard format for the Semantic Web, the PDB/RDF data provide a means to integrate the PDB with other biological information resources.
日本蛋白质数据库（PDBj，http://pdbj.org）是全球蛋白质数据库（wwPDB）的成员之一，负责接收和处理通过实验确定的大分子结构的储存数据。PDBj 在与其他 wwPDB 合作伙伴合作维护档案的同时，还提供了广泛的服务和工具，用于分析蛋白质的结构和功能，本文对此进行了总结。为了提高 PDB 数据的互操作性，我们最近开发了 PDB/RDF，即采用资源描述框架（RDF）格式的 PDB 数据，以及基于 Web 本体语言（OWL）的 PDB 本体。作为语义网的标准格式，PDB/RDF 数据为整合 PDB 与其他生物信息资源提供了一种手段。
