SAbDab

Curated, annotated database of antibody structures from the PDB.

OPIG, University of Oxford

What it does

Antibody structure database. Input: search by antigen, species, CDR length, affinity or date; output: curated, numbered antibody/nanobody structures with annotations - the benchmark set behind antibody design papers.

Commercial use

Commercial use OK

Licence as writtenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The SAbDab site states the data is made available under CC BY 4.0 (link to creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ in the site's about text); attribution required.

The licence read at the source allows use by a company. Attribution or copyleft conditions may still apply — read the note.

Is commercial use free of charge?

Free for commercial use

Free to download and use commercially under CC BY 4.0; the cost is attribution.

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  1. opig.stats.ox.ac.uk/webapps/sabdab-sabpred/sabdab

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When to use it

Best starting point for antibody structure datasets with numbering, species and antigen annotation. It inherits PDB's coverage bias and annotation errors do occur.

Facts

Maker
OPIG, University of Oxford
Cost for commercial use
Free for commercial use
Open weights
Yes
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Official site / repo
sabdab.opig.stats.ox.ac.uk
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