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Malaria Parasite PTEX

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Deprecation of FTP File Download Protocol on November 1, 2024

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Poster Prize Awarded at The Protein Society

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Poster Prize Awarded at LACA

Poster Prize Awarded at LACA

The wwPDB Foundation awarded Zaighum Abbas at the Latin American Crystallographic Association Meeting for The Role of SEPT7 in Magnaporthe oryzae: Structural Insights and Functional Implications

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

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Annotation of Protein Modifications in the PDB

Annotation of Protein Modifications in the PDB

Protein chemical modifications (PCMs) and post translational modifications (PTMs) annotation is now included in CCD files, and updated atomic coordinate files are being rolled out.


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Molecule of the Month

Malaria Parasite PTEX

Malaria Parasite PTEX

The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.

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