Structural proteomics: methods in deriving protein structural information and issues in data management.

Structural proteomics is an emerging paradigm that is gaining importance in the post-genomic era as a valuable discipline to process the protein target information being deciphered. The field plays a crucial role in assigning function to sequenced proteins, defining pathways in which the targets are involved, and understanding structure-function relationships of the protein targets. A key component of this research sector is accessing the three-dimensional structures of protein targets by both experimental and theoretical methods.