PDBx/mmCIF Software Tools
RCSB Data Extraction and Deposition Preparation Tools
- pdb_extract
– Tools and examples for extracting mmCIF data from structure determination applications (workstation/command-line version)
- PointSuite
– generate BIOMT and CIF symmetry records for macromolecular assemblies with point and helical symmetries
RCSB Data Format Conversion and Validation Tools
- MAXIT
Updated! October 16, 2025
– An application for processing and annotating of macromolecular structure data
- sf-convert standalone tool
– A format conversion standalone tool for structure factor files that supports more than a dozen file formats
- sf-convert web tool
– A format conversion web tool for structure factor files that supports more than a dozen file formats
- DCC
– A wrapper of third party packages to aid in validation of structure factors
- PDBML2CIF
– A tool for converting PDBML data files into mmCIF data files
RCSB Data Parsing Tools
- Core Wrapper
– A library that exports C++ mmCIF accessors to Python
- CIFPARSE-OBJ
– A Class Library of Access Tools for mmCIF in C++
- CIFTABLE (ISTable)
– A Class Library of Table Access Tools for mmCIF data
RCSB Dictionary and Data Management Tools
- MMCIF Dictionary Suite
Updated! January 10, 2022
– RCSB/PDB tools to parse, validate, manage PDBx/mmCIF data dictionaries
- Db Loader
Updated! December 10, 2021
– An application to load mmCIF data into relational databases and XML
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