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ZAR1 Resistosome

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Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol in the PDB Archive

Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol in the PDB Archive

wwPDB plans to deprecate FTP download protocol on November 1st 2024

Explore Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

Explore Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

Annotations from the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD) have been mapped to structures in the PDB archive

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Coming Soon: PDB Entries with Novel Ligands Distributed Only in PDBx/mmCIF and PDBML File Formats

Coming Soon: PDB Entries with Novel Ligands Distributed Only in PDBx/mmCIF and PDBML File Formats

PDB will run out of 3-character CCD IDs before the end of 2023. Afterwards, PDB entries with novel ligands will not be distributed in the legacy PDB file format.

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Molecule of the Month

ZAR1 Resistosome

ZAR1 Resistosome

Plants protect themselves from infection with immune system machines such as the resistosome

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Fall 2023 newslettery

Issue 99 - October 2023

In this issue: Explore Bioenergy; Upload Structure Files to Search; Preparing PDB Depositions; and more. In the Education Corner, learn about Empowering Educators with Research-Grade Computational Tools

Annual Reports

2022 Annual Report

Download the 2022 Annual Report (PDF) for an overview of recent RCSB PDB activities, including enabled access to ~1 million Computed Structure Models (CSMs) from AlphaFoldDB and RoseTTAFold.

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