May 2002. The PDB Search via SWISS-PROT information available at

http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE_PDB_SEARCH.html

is substantially extended and now includes in addition to the SWISS-PROT entry name/accession number

• species name
• gene name
• entry description..

The entry description includes the protein name and the EC number.

April 2002. The IMB Jena Image Library offers a new Genus/Species Classification Scheme.

July 2001. For all protein-containing entries a new search option via the SWISS-PROT entry name/accession number is included. This option is available on all atlas pages and on the special search page

The search for the SWISS-PROT entry name/accession number allows for partial string matching. This enables one to find easily all entries sharing either the first part (protein) or the second part (genus/species) of the SWISS-PROT entry name.

On

http://www.imb-jena.de/ImgLibPDB/pages/SWP/index.php

tables of all PDB/SWISS-PROT cross references listed by

• PDB code or
• SWISS-PROT entry name or
• SWISS-PROT protein name or
• SWISS-PROT entry genus/species description

can be obtained.

May 2001. For human proteins links to OMIM(TM), Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, are included.

May 2001. The Image Libray now includes links to InterPro.

May 2001. The Image Library offers a new SWISS-PROT/PDB cross-referencing scheme which is more comprehensive than the schemes implemented either in the PDB files or in SWISS-PROT. On each protein atlas page all other PDB entries containing protein chains with the same SWISS-PROT codes are listed.

April 2001. The atlas pages now include a Keyword Search tool for the web (using the Google search engine) and for PubMed.

March 2001. The Circular Dichroism Site maintained by Enrico Bucci is now hosted by the IMB Jena Image Library.

October 2000. A new environment option of the Hetero Components Database allows the systematic analysis of hetero component neighbours. A new visualization tool highlights hetero components and the corresponding environment.

May 2000. The Site Database is released. 

April 2000. Links to the OCA database and the LPC/CSU tools at the Weizmann Institute of Science are included. 

March 2000. The IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules offers a tool for the visualization and analysis of own molecular structure files in PDB format with the standard tools used in the Image Library: RasMol/Chime, MolScript, Webmol, PDB3D (http://www.imb-jena.de/cgi-bin/myPDB.pl). 

January 2000. A compilation of the very first biopolymer structures deposited at the Protein Data Bank listed by molecule type, method of structure determination and deposition date provides information on the early days of structural biology. 

January 2000. A comprehensive bending classification of nucleic acid duples structures offers quantitative geometrical information on bending properties of nucleic acid double helix structures adopting a uniform analysis approach. 

November 1999. The Hetero Components Database is supplemented by the Periodic Table Hetero Components Element Browser. Selecting an element from the Periodic Table generates a listing of all PDB/NDB entries with this particular element included in a hetero component. 

November 1999. The Hetero Components Database now takes into account both PDB and NDB entries. 

July 1999. The Hetero Components Database is released. 

June 1999: For all metal containing PDB entries links to the Metalloprotein Database are included. In addition, compilations with metal containg entries listed by metal were generated in collaboration with the Metalloprotein Database at the Scripps Reserach Institute. These compilations can be accessed via th Periodic Table of Elements. 

May 1999: For all entries links to WHAT_CHECK are available. 

March 1999: The Base Pair Directory is included. 

January 1999: The cis-peptide division is substantially extended by including non-proline cis-peptide bonds. 

January 1999: The first parts of a contribution on experimental determination of biopolymer structures by means of X-ray crystallography are released, 

January 1999: All cis-peptide bonds,  ligands, metal ions, modified residues, and active sites can be displayed separately via RasMol/Chime/VRML-2.0 interfaces. 

December 1998:  A division on secondary structure determination of proteins by means of  FTIR spectroscopy is released. 

December 1998: A new tool for the helix and bending analysis of nucleic acid double helix structures is included. 

September 1998:  A division on proline cis-peptide bonds in proteins is included. 

August 1998:  The first part on experimental determination of biopolymer structures by means of NMR spectroscopy is released. 

July 1998:  For the automatic generation of mono and stereo vector graphics (PDF format) and VRML-2.0 scenes MolScript is used. 

June 1998: The Amino Acid Repository is released. 

May 1998: Processing is now done by means of both automatic and manual approaches. In this way all currently known 3D biopolymer structures can be accessed. In addition, RasMol, Chime and WebMol interfaces are included. 

November 1997: A three-year grant for the further development of the Image Library is acquired. 

May 1995: The first VRML representations are included. This is one of the first VRML applications in biology.