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8QL6
Ultrafast structural transitions in an azobenzene photoswitch at near-atomic resolution: 25 ps structure
8YB4
Pfr conformer of Arabidopsis thaliana phytochrome B in complex with phytochrome-interacting factor 6
9CZP
Type Id amyloid-beta 42 filaments in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease with cotton wool plaques
Features & Highlights
Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024
wwPDB to deprecate FTP download protocol in the PDB archive
Annotation of Protein Modifications in the PDB
Protein chemical modifications (PCMs) and post translational modifications (PTMs) annotation is now included in CCD files, and updated atomic coordinate files are being rolled out.
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Announcement: EDMAPS.rcsb.org Shutdown on October 16
Electron density map coefficients will instead be provided for all X-ray structures in the PDB archive.
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Learn about Teaching Enzymology with the Protein Data Bank: From Pandemic to Paxlovid.
Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024
wwPDB to deprecate FTP download protocol in the PDB archive
Deprecation of ligand model coordinates in MOL2/SDF format starting Dec 10
Programmatic access should be updated to access model coordinates in CIF format
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Paper Published: ZMPY3D
Read about Accelerating protein structure volume analysis through vectorized 3D Zernike moments and Python-based GPU integration» 10/29/2024
Meet RCSB PDB at SACNAS
Learn about summer internship opportunities and more at the Rutgers booth #648» 10/27/2024
Paper Published: Impact of the PDB on drug approvals
Open access to the PDB facilitated discovery/development of 100% of the 34 new low molecular weight, protein-targeted, antineoplastic agents approved by the US FDA 2019–2023.» 10/22/2024
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of athletics and well-being. Learn how the ten enzymes of glycolysis break down sugar in our diet in Glycolytic Enzymes» 10/15/2024
Paper Published: MolViewSpec Toolkit
Learn how about Describing and Sharing Molecular Visualizations Using the MolViewSpec Toolkit» 10/08/2024
Explore Structural Biology with CSMs
Visit PDB-101 for more about Computed Structure Models and measures of reliability; limitations; and how they can help determine experimental structures.» 10/07/2024
Access IHM structures at wwPDB DOI Landing Pages
Structures determined by integrative and hybrid methods (IHM) are now available at wwPDB DOI landing pages alongside experimental structures in the PDB archive» 10/02/2024
Explore Inktober SciArt images
Inktober is an annual ink drawing challenge to follow a list of drawing prompts and publish the work on social media. Structural biologist Irina Bezsonova (UCONN Health) created PDB-themed images for October in 2023 and 2022.» 09/30/2024
Structural Biology and Nobel Prizes
Visit PDB-101 to explore connections between Nobel Prizes and more than 50 years of open access to the PDB archive.» 09/25/2024
Education Corner: Building Machines in the Classroom
Fatahiya Kashif (Federal Medical College, Islamabad) describes Cell Signaling through Rube Goldberg Machines» 09/20/2024
Molecule of the Month
Angiotensin and Blood Pressure
Many medications for controlling high blood pressure inhibit the action of the peptide hormone angiotensin.
Read MoreQuarterly News (see archive)
Issue 102 - June 2024
New Training Opportunities; A Biocurator Milestone; Building 3D Paper Models of Protein Domains; and more.
Cell signaling through Rube Goldberg Machines by Dr. Fatahiya Kashif, Federal Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan
Annual Reports
2023 Annual Report
Download the 2023 Annual Report (PDF) for an overview of recent activities, including RCSB PDB APIs and pairwise alignment tools.
