Background Information

The long-range goal of the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) is to make the three-dimensional atomic-level structures of most proteins easily obtainable from knowledge of their corresponding DNA sequences.

Answers to questions such as why the PSI started, what its goals are, and how it plans to accomplish its mission.

Information on the pilot phase of the PSI, as well as a list of the initial participating centers and results.

Information on the production phase of the PSI.

Questions and answers regarding the requests for applications (RFA) GM-05-001 (Large-scale Centers for the Protein Structure Initiative) and GM-05-002 (Specialized Centers for the Protein Structure Initiative).