RCSB PDB

RCSB PDB Structure Alignment API

Asynchronous REST API that performs programmatic structure alignment calculations between PDB entries or user-supplied coordinate files. Callers submit an alignment job via POST /submit (accepting PDBx/mmCIF, BinaryCIF, or legacy PDB format, with optional gzip compression), receive a UUID ticket, and poll GET /results for status and output. Enables large-scale structural comparison workflows without manual interaction with the RCSB PDB website.

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https://alignment.rcsb.org/api-reference.html

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QueryEditor
https://alignment.rcsb.org/query-editor.html

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: pdb:rcsb-pdb-alignment-api
name: RCSB PDB Structure Alignment API
description: Asynchronous REST API that performs programmatic structure alignment calculations between
  PDB entries or user-supplied coordinate files. Callers submit an alignment job via POST /submit (accepting
  PDBx/mmCIF, BinaryCIF, or legacy PDB format, with optional gzip compression), receive a UUID ticket,
  and poll GET /results for status and output. Enables large-scale structural comparison workflows without
  manual interaction with the RCSB PDB website.
humanURL: https://alignment.rcsb.org
baseURL: https://alignment.rcsb.org
tags:
- Structure Alignment
- Structural Comparison
- Asynchronous
- Computational
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://alignment.rcsb.org/api-reference.html
- type: QueryEditor
  url: https://alignment.rcsb.org/query-editor.html
contact:
- type: Email
  url: mailto:info@rcsb.org