Remote Viewer of the Metalloprotein Site Database and Browser

You can use the remote viewer by sending a query to the MDB via a piece of code included after this paragraph. The query indicates the PDB ID(s) of the metalloprotein(s) that contain metal sites that you wish the reader to view. The metal(s) of interest can also be indicated. The script that generates the results will not proceed if the form does not include a PDB id (see examples below).

The "caption" variable is used to provide a title to the structures displayed in the viewer.

In order to invoke the remote viewer, you need to put the following code in your page:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://metallo.scripps.edu/remote/remote.php3"
NAME="Remote_MDB_Viewer" TARGET="_blank">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="pdb1">
{<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="pdb2"> ...}
{<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="m1">}
{<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="m2"> ...}
{<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="caption" VALUE="Description of structures">}
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Display in the MDB Viewer">
</FORM>

where:

• "pdb1", "pdb2", etc. are the PDB codes for the metalloprotein(s) you wish to show the viewer;
  
• "met1", "met2", etc. are the metal(s) atomic symbols.
  
• {...} anything in braces indicates and optional item.

• PDB IDs and metal symbols should be in lowercase.
• You can use as many PDB IDs and metals as you would like, just be aware that the bigger the data set found, the slower the manipulations will be.
• The restriction of requiring a PDB ID is there so you will not get hundreds (or thousands) of query hits--this would not be the correct way of using this remote viewer.

Examples of the Remote Viewer with code included:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://metallo.scripps.edu/remote/remote.php3"
NAME="Remote_MDB_Viewer" TARGET="_blank">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="1hca">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="1npc">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="ca">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="zn">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="caption" VALUE="1hca and 1npc - Zn and Ca sites">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Display in the MDB Viewer">
</FORM>

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://metallo.scripps.edu/remote/remote.php3"
NAME="Remote_MDB_Viewer" TARGET="_blank">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="1hca">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="source_id[]" VALUE="1npc">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="caption" VALUE="1hca and 1npc - All sites">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="ONLY PDB IDs!">
</FORM>

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://metallo.scripps.edu/remote/remote.php3"
NAME="Remote_MDB_Viewer" TARGET="_blank">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="ca">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="metal[]" VALUE="zn">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="caption" VALUE="Erroneous form - Missing PDB">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="No PDB IDs!">
</FORM>

For more information on the remote viewer, contact Jesus M. Castagnetto. All bugs are his :)