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May 2023

Cellulases and Bioenergy

Powerful fungal enzymes break down cellulose during industrial production of ethanol from plant material.

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Cells in our bodies are carefully regulated so that they divide, grow, and die according to the best plan for keeping us alive. When they lose these controls, they can grow into deadly cancers. Atomic structures have revealed how cell growth is normally controlled, and how cancer cells circumvent these essential controls. Explore PDB-101 Resources to learn about proteins related to cancer biology and therapeutics.


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Molecular Mechanisms of Targeted Cancer Therapies

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Induced Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Myohemerythrin

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myoglobin

Z-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Deoxyhemoglobin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

B-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin (1000)

Ribonuclease S

Crambin

Hemoglobin S

Lac Repressor

DNA

A-DNA

Collagen

Hemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Lysozyme (488)

Lysozyme (512)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Trypsin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

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.

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Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Muscle

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Insulin Action

Biosites: Basement Membrane

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

HIV-Infected Cell

Insulin Release

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Zika Virus

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

RecA and DNA

Cellulose Synthase

Immunological Synapse

Influenza Vaccine

Ebola Virus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Nucleus

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Coronavirus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Mycoplasma mycoides

Autophagy

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV in Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Blood

Chloroplast

Escherichia coli

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Myelin

Lipid Droplets

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Poliovirus Neutralization

Abiogenesis

HIV Vaccine

Biosites: Blood Plasma

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