The MDB is part of a bigger research program, which focuses on metalloprotein research and design: _*The Metalloprotein Bioinformatics, Structure, and Design Program*_ Figure out what makes a metalloprotein tick Rational design and construction of new metalloproteins Understand the geometrical requirements to bind a metal Figure out the effect of the environmental constrains Devise methods to design the sites Analyze the possible candidates Make the sites Find out where we suceeded and where we failed Go back to step 1 These are the reasons why we built the Metalloprotein-site Database and Browser ...