%0 Journal Article %J Nucleic Acids Research %D 2011 %T BSDB: the biomolecule stretching database. %A Sikora, Mateusz %A Joanna I. Sulkowska %A Witkowski, Bartlomiej S %A Cieplak, Marek %K Biomechanical Phenomena %K Databases, Protein %K Models, Chemical %K Molecular Dynamics Simulation %K Protein Structure, Secondary %K Proteins %X We describe the Biomolecule Stretching Data Base that has been recently set up at http://www.ifpan.edu.pl/BSDB/. It provides information about mechanostability of proteins. Its core is based on simulations of stretching of 17 134 proteins within a structure-based model. The primary information is about the heights of the maximal force peaks, the force-displacement patterns, and the sequencing of the contact-rupturing events. We also summarize the possible types of the mechanical clamps, i.e. the motifs which are responsible for a protein's resistance to stretching. %B Nucleic Acids Research %V 39 %P D443-50 %8 2011 Jan %G eng %N Database issue %R 10.1093/nar/gkq851