SCOP: Structural Classification of Proteins and ASTRAL

Structural Classification of Proteins and ASTRAL release 1.75B (January 2013)

References

We recommend that users cite:
Murzin AG, Brenner SE, Hubbard TJP, Chothia C. 1995. SCOP: a structural classification of proteins database for the investigation of sequences and structures. J. Mol. Biol. 247, 536-540. [PDF]

Users of sequence data or representative subsets should also cite:
Chandonia JM, Hon G, Walker NS, Lo Conte L, Koehl P, Levitt M, Brenner SE. 2004. The ASTRAL compendium in 2004. Nucleic Acids Research 32:D189-D192. [PDF]

More recent changes to SCOP are described in:
Lo Conte L, Brenner SE, Hubbard TJP, Chothia C, Murzin AG. 2002. SCOP database in 2002: refinements accommodate structural genomics. Nucl. Acid Res. 30(1), 264-267. [PDF],

Andreeva A, Howorth D, Brenner SE, Hubbard TJP, Chothia C, Murzin AG. 2004. SCOP database in 2004: refinements integrate structure and sequence family data. Nucl. Acid Res. 32:D226-D229. [PDF], and

Andreeva A, Howorth D, Chandonia JM, Brenner SE, Hubbard TJP, Chothia C, Murzin AG. 2008. Data growth and its impact on the SCOP database: new developments. Nucl. Acid Res. 36:D419-425. [PDF].

Additional documentation about the ASTRAL sequences and subsets is in:
Chandonia JM, Walker NS, Lo Conte L, Koehl P, Levitt M, Brenner SE. 2002. ASTRAL compendium enhancements. Nucleic Acids Research 30:260-263. [PDF], and

Brenner SE, Koehl P, Levitt M. 2000. The ASTRAL compendium for sequence and structure analysis. Nucleic Acids Research 28:254-256. [PDF]

A description of the trends in SCOP classification of newly solved protein structures is in:
Chandonia JM, Brenner SE. 2006. The impact of structural genomics: expectations and outcomes. Science 311:347-51. [PDF]|[Supplementary Info].