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Health Focus: Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

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.

2022 Video Challenge for High School Students

Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

RCSB PDB invites all high school students to tell a two-minute story that combines structural Biology and Public Health. Videos can be submited between January 18 and April 25, 2022.

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2022 Video Challenge key visual: synaptic region with one fused vesicle

Celebrating 50 Years of Protein Data Bank

In 1971, the structural biology community established the single worldwide archive for macromolecular structure data–-the Protein Data Bank (PDB). In 2021, RCSB PDB and wwPDB are celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the PDB with symposia, materials, and more.

PDB50 the Game

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Resources

PDB-101 resources and 3D structures of COVID-19 proteins.

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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

October 2021

The SARS-CoV-2 Virion: Magnifying the Miniscule with Models of Digital, Plastic, and Paper by Samuel A. McKie, Chapel Prints Co

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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.

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

A-DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Collagen

Myoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

B-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Carboxypeptidase A

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myohemerythrin

Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

Z-DNA

Hemoglobin S

Ribonuclease S

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Crambin

Hemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Cytochrome c

Trypsin

Induced Lac Repressor

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Lysozyme (512)

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

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