Current PCDDB publication

The PCDDB (protein circular dichroism data bank): A bioinformatics resource for protein characterisations and methods development.
Ramalli SG, Miles AJ, Janes RW, Wallace BA., J Mol Biol (2022)

PCDDB background publications

PCDDB: the protein circular dichroism data bank, a repository for circular dichroism spectral and metadata.
Whitmore, L., Woollett, B., Miles, A.J., Klose, D.P., Janes, R.W. and Wallace, B.A., Nucleic Acids Research (2011) 39 (suppl 1) D480-D486.

ValiDichro: a website for validating and quality control of protein circular dichroism spectra.
Woollett, B., Whitmore, L., Janes, R.W. and Wallace, B.A., Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jul; 41(Web Server issue): W417–W421.

The Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank, A Web-based Site for Access to Circular Dichroism Spectroscopic Data.
Whitmore, L., Woollett, B., Miles, A.J., Janes, R.W. and Wallace, B.A., Structure (2010) 18:1267–1269.

The Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (PCDDB): A Bioinformatics and Spectroscopic resource.
Wallace, B.A., Whitmore, L., and Janes, R.W. PROTEINS: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (2006) 62:1–3.

Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (PCDDB): Data Bank and Website Design.
Whitmore, L., Janes, R.W. and Wallace, B.A. Chirality (2006) 18:426–429.

Related publications

Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Membrane Proteins.
Miles, A.J., and Wallace, B.A. (2016) Chem. Soc. Reviews, 45, 4859-4872

Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy for Protein Characterisation: Pharmaceutical Applications.
Miles, A.J., Wallace, B.A. (2014) In: Biophysical Characterization of Proteins in Developing Biopharmaceuticals. (Damian J. Houde and Steven A. Berkowitz, eds.) Elsevier Press.

Miles and Wallace Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy of proteins and applications in structural and functional genomics.
Chem Soc Rev. 2006 Jan;35(1):39-51.

Related Circular Dichroism Tools
K2D3

Prediction of protein secondary structure from circular dichroism using theoretically derived spectra
Louis-Jeune, C., Andrade-Navarro, M. A. & Perez-Iratxeta, C. Proteins: Struct., Funct., Bioinf., 80, 374-381.

BesSel

BeStSel: A web server for accurate protein secondary structure prediction and fold recognition from the circular dichroism spectra
Micsonai, A., Wien, F., Bulyáki, E., Kun, J., Moussong, E., Lee, Y. H., Goto, Y., Réfrégier, M. & Kardos, J. (2018). Nucleic Acids Res. 46, W315- W322.

SESCA

SESCA: Predicting circular dichroism spectra from protein molecular structures.
Nagy, G., Maxim, I., Jones, N. J., Hoffmann, S. V. & Grubmüller, H. (2019). J. Chem. Theory Comput. 15, 5087–5102.

The PCDDB is a development of the Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London and the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK. It is supported by a grant from the BBSRC. Copyright of the design and implementation of this site are retained by the schools and the authors.