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June 2019

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Health Focus: Antimicrobial Resistance

Antibiotics have saved countless lives, but pathogens are quickly finding ways to survive antibiotic treatment. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are predicted to become the leading cause of death worldwide. They take many approaches: pumping antibiotics out of their cells, altering the molecular machinery that the antibiotics target, and attacking the antibiotics directly. Atomic structures publicly available in the PDB are revealing the details of drug resistance and providing new ways to combat it. Use the PDB-101 resources to learn about protein structures related to antibiotic action and resistance.

2019 Video Challenge for High School Students

Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics

Many thanks to all challenge participants, expert judges, teachers, parents, and voters who made this exciting competition happen.

Congratulations to the 2019 Winners!

Mira Mesa High School,
San Diego, CA

The Quarry Lane School,
Dublin, CA

Stuyvesant High School,
New York, NY

Rye Country Day School,
Rye, NY

Learn: Materials for Exploration

Video: What is a Protein?

Learn about the relationship between protein structure and function.

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Teach: Curricula

The RCSB PDB Curricula provide authentic, hands-on teaching materials, individual and group activities and assessment suggestions.

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Education Corner: Using PDB Resources

April 2019

Exploring the Molecules of Biological Warfare in Virtual Reality By Steve McCloskey, Nanome Inc.

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SciArt Galleries

Irving Geis (1908-1997) was a gifted artist who helped illuminate the field of structural biology with his iconic images. The Geis Digital Archive features many of his illustrations in the context of their molecular structures.

Lysozyme

A-DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Cytochrome c

Ribonuclease S

Myoglobin Fold

Crambin

Induced Lac Repressor

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

B-DNA

Hemoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Trypsin

Deoxyhemoglobin

DNA

Lysozyme

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Z-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Myoglobin

Collagen

Myohemerythrin

Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Oxyhemoglobin

Carboxypeptidase A

Lac Repressor

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license