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RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month
Angiotensin and Blood Pressure

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Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024

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

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.

Register for the November 7 Virtual Office Hour on Supporting Extended PDB IDs

Register for the November 7 Virtual Office Hour on Supporting Extended PDB IDs

Interested in learning more about plans to extend PDB IDs to 12 characters? Bring you questions to a virtual Office Hour.

Register Now for Webinar: Unlock Rapid Analyses Across the Whole PDB Using BinaryCIF

Register Now for Webinar: Unlock Rapid Analyses Across the Whole PDB Using BinaryCIF

Join us on November 4 to future-proof your data analysis with BinaryCIF, a fully interchangeable yet drastically more efficient flavor of the PDBx/mmCIF format

Register for the October 8 Advanced Search Office Hour

Register for the October 8 Advanced Search Office Hour

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Announcement: EDMAPS.rcsb.org Shutdown on October 16

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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Applications Open for Director

Distinguished scientists focused on 3D structures of biological macromolecules are invited to apply for this position with the RCSB PDB at Rutgers University.

Watch the Webinar: Teaching Enzymology

Watch the Webinar: Teaching Enzymology

Learn about Teaching Enzymology with the Protein Data Bank: From Pandemic to Paxlovid.

Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024

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

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

    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

    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

    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 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

    Paper Published: MolViewSpec Toolkit

    Learn how about Describing and Sharing Molecular Visualizations Using the MolViewSpec Toolkit
    » 10/08/2024

  • Explore Structural Biology with CSMs

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

Angiotensin and Blood Pressure

Many medications for controlling high blood pressure inhibit the action of the peptide hormone angiotensin.

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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

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