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Table 1 Brief description of various PDB chains databases and number of protein chains present in respective database

From: BLAST-based structural annotation of protein residues using Protein Data Bank

Sub-Database

Software used for assignment

Types of information in database

Number of protein chains

Unique

70 %

40 %

SecStructure

DSSP

Regular secondary structure

97216

30642

24211

Accessible surface area

BetaTurn

Promotif

Beta Turns and types

90331

27763

21075

GammaTurn

Gamma turns

72124

22971

16584

BetaBulge

Beta bulges in proteins

56186

17753

12944

BetaHairpin

Beta hairpins

72420

21623

15477

PsiLoop

Psi loops

13351

4382

3151

DNAinteract

 

DNA binding sites

2123

849

757

RNAinteract

RNA binding sites

1437

885

650

LigandInt

LPC

Ligand interacting residues

51615

17952

13525

MetalInt

Metal binding residues

22629

9160

7286