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The Ligand Database
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Why PDBeChem?
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Link between protein and chemistry
Reference dictionary for the chemical definition of 3 letter
coded single residues in the PDB (wwPDB CCD)
Holds the single residue definitions for the PDB and
represents it for all other databases at the EBI
(PDBeChem database)
How else will you find ligand structures !!!!! (PDBeChem
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What is a “Ligand” in PDB?
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Bound molecules (e.g. Sugars, lipids, inhibitors, biological coenzymes and
cofactors), standard and modified amino acids and nucleic acids, atoms
(metal, halogens, unknown atom)
Identified by a unique 3 Letter code
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atoms, element type, connectivity, bond orders, stereochemical configuration
Source of Information -The wwPDB Ligand
Dictionary
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Chemical Component Dictionary
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Reference dictionary, one record for each, different 3-letter code
As mmCif file, available through ftp
Exchanged and synchronised on a daily basis among the
wwPDB partners
Accommodates new entries and modifications from wwPDB
partners
Explicit connectivity and bond orders
Representative co-ordinates (both model and ideal)
http://www.wwpdb.org/ccd.html
data_ATP #
_chem_comp.id ATP
_chem_comp.name 'ADENOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE'
_chem_comp.type non-polymer
_chem_comp.pdbx_type HETAIN
_chem_comp.formula 'C10 H16 N5 O13 P3'
_chem_comp.mon_nstd_flag n
Why have a “Dictionary” ?
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Eliminate chemical inconsistencies from new entries
through better curation
Legacy PDB entries are chemically “corrected” when
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Energy types used by refinement libraries improve new
depositions
Improvements are exchanged between wwPDB partners
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curation
Curation
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A ligand is a distinct stereo-isomer
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Atoms and element types
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Stereo configuration of atoms and bonds in cases of stereoisomers (R/S – E/Z)
Names and co-ordinates not fundamental
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But there is a consistent set of identifiers
• Atoms, bond order, and stereochemistry
• Derived properties
Derived properties
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For Stereochemistry (R/S – E/Z)
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DCF
DCM
C4' R
C4' S
C3' S
C3' R
C1' R
C1' S
THIOALANINE (ALT)
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Smiles and detailed gifs
Systematic IUPAC names
CC(N)C(O)=S - C[C@H](N)C(O)=S
(2S)-2-aminopropanethioic O-acid
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