Protein Data Bank

File Format
Name	Protein Data Bank
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Scientific Data formats Protein Data Bank
Extension(s)	.pdb

Overview

A Protein Data Bank file (PDB) encodes biological protein sequences and related data.

References

• current official documentation here
• Old format specifications from 1992: http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/file_formats/pdb/pdbguide2.2/PDB_format_1992.pdf
• Version 2.2 specs from 1996: http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/file_formats/pdb/pdbguide2.2/pdb_contents_guide2.2.pdf