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Structure of the Argonaute protein from Kurthia massiliensis in complex with guide DNA and 19-mer _target DNA
Features & Highlights
Time-stamped Copies of PDB and EMDB Archives
A snapshot of the PDB Core Archive as of January 01, 2025 is available
Prizes Awarded at the Asian Crystallographic Association Meeting
The wwPDB Foundation made awards to students Salma Dienta Salsabila, Se-Young Son, and Yeon-Ju Jung for their presentations at the December 2024 AsCA meeting.
Paper Published: ZMPY3D
Read about Accelerating protein structure volume analysis through vectorized 3D Zernike moments and Python-based GPU integration
Watch the Webinar: Python Scripting for Molecular Docking
This virtual course introduces life scientists to the power and flexibility of Python Scripting for Molecular Docking
Access SDF/MOL formatted CCD files from the PDB archive
Chemical Component Dictionary files with ideal geometries in SDF/MOL format are now available
Paper Published: Using Augmented Reality
Read about Using augmented reality in molecular case studies to enhance biomolecular structure-function explorations in undergraduate classrooms
Developers: Switch to Sequence Coordinates Service by May 31, 2025
The new Sequence Coordinates Service supports better access to RCSB PDB features
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Please take this brief survey and be entered into a drawing for a mug featuring the artwork of David S. Goodsell.
Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024
wwPDB to deprecate FTP download protocol in the PDB archive
Poster Prize Awarded at The Protein Society
The wwPDB Foundation made an award to Aubrey Putansu at The Protein Society meeting for An Expanded Integrator Sensor Motif for GPCR Ligand Detection
See new feature archive
Molecule of the Month: Celebrating 25 Years of Storytelling and Announcing New Beginnings
After a remarkable 300 columns, David Goodsell has retired from the Molecule of the Month. Janet Iwasa will continue the series, beginning with the January feature» 01/05/2025
Peak Performance for 2025
Download our new calendar that highlights the structural biology of nutrition» 12/29/2024
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of athletics and well-being. Explore how supersweet proteins trick our taste receptors in Monellin» 12/17/2024
Model Proteins at the Science Olympiad
Attention High School Teachers and Students: Protein Modeling Event is back as a Trial Event» 12/10/2024
Structural Biology and Nobel Prizes
On December 10, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to David Baker for computational protein design and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for protein structure prediction. Learn more about the PDB and protein prediction/design at PDB-101» 12/06/2024
December 1: World AIDS Day
Watch the documentary _target Zero to learn about the challenge and emotional complexity of the fight to control HIV infection» 11/27/2024
Education Corner: Paper Nucleic Acid Models for Hands-on Education
Cassandra Hayne and Phoebe Rice (The University of Chicago) describe downloadable Paper Nucleic Acid Models for Hands-on Education» 11/25/2024
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of athletics and well-being. Learn about the molecular switch that responds to changing oxygen levels in Hypoxia-Inducible Factors» 11/21/2024
Nov 18-24: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
PDB structures help us understand resistance to antibiotics and develop new ways to fight infection» 11/17/2024
Molecule of the Month
Assembly Line Polyketide Synthases
Large multienzyme complexes that synthesize diverse small molecules in a stepwise manner.
Read MoreQuarterly News (see archive)
Issue 104 - January 2025
In this issue: _target Zero documentary series, 2024 statistics, wwPDB news, a major Molecule of the Month announcement and more.
Education Corner: Molecule of the Month: Celebrating 25 Years of Storytelling and Announcing New Beginnings by Drs. David Goodsell and Janet Iwasa
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.
