Welcome
RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) enables breakthroughs in science and education by providing access and tools for exploration, visualization, and analysis of:
Experimentally-determined 3D structures from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive | |
Computed Structure Models (CSM) from AlphaFold DB and ModelArchive |
These data can be explored in context of external annotations providing a structural view of biology.
Features & Highlights
Download Snapshots of the PDB Core Archive via HTTPS, SYNC, RSYNC, or FTP
Snapshots from RCSB PDB and PDBj provide readily identifiable data sets for research on the PDB archive. At RCSB PDB, AWS SYNC has replaced RSYNC.
Introducing Extended PDB IDs at RCSB.org
Search, view, and download all PDB structures using their extended PDB ID.
wwPDB anticipates that all four-character PDB IDs will be exhausted by 2028, after which only 12-character PDB IDs will be issued.
Sequence Annotations Viewer: Geometry Validation
Map validation scores and geometry validation metrics onto sequence annotations and 3D structure
Register Now for Crash Course: Python For Cheminformatics-Driven Molecular Docking
This free virtual course will demonstrate the power and flexibility of python on May 1, 2025
Developers: Switch to Sequence Coordinates Service by May 31, 2025
The new Sequence Coordinates Service supports better access to RCSB PDB features
Register for the April 10 Virtual Office Hour on Sequence Annotations Viewer
Learn how to map 1D sequence annotations onto a 3D structure at RCSB.org.
Take the User Survey on Statistics and Win
Statistics were recently redesigned. Share your feedback and enter into a drawing for a mug featuring the artwork of David S. Goodsell.
Register for March Training Events
Join us for free upcoming virtual events: Extended PDB ID Office Hour (Mar 13), Exploring Bird Flu with RCSB.org (Mar 17), and RCSB PDB APIs with Python (Mar 24)
Register for the May 8 Workshop on PDB Deposition
Attendees will become proficient in leveraging various OneDep features and tools, including ORCiD management, validating data, submitting batches of structures, and completing depositions with minimal manual input.
Register for the April 7 Virtual Office Hour on Depositing IHM Data
Interested in learning more about the deposition, validation, and biocuration of structures determined using integrative and hybrid methods? Bring you questions to a virtual Office Hour.
See new feature archive
Paper Published: Visualizing and analyzing 3D biomolecular structures using Mol*
Read how Mol* can be used to visualize and analyze the influenza A H5N1 virus proteome» 04/15/2025
Meet RCSB PDB at ASBMB
Visit RCSB PDB in the exhibit hall and enter our contest for a mini-Goodsell painting. See poster #401 on Tuesday April 15 to learn more about exploring CSMs at RCSB.org» 04/11/2025
Spring Newsletter Published
Highlights new training events, PDB-IHM news, articles describing PDB impact, and more. In the Education Corner, learn about BASIL, RCSB PDB, and the NSF» 04/07/2025
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of nutrition.» 04/03/2025
Paper Published: PDB and a transformative impact on science and society
Read about the evolution and growth of the PDB, including its immense impact on basic and applied research in virtually all areas of biology and medicine» 04/01/2025
Guide to Understanding PDB Data: Computed Structure Models
PDB-101's Guide helps non-experts navigate through the PDB. A new chapter gives context to understanding Computed Structure Models generated from AI/ML and available from RCSB.org» 03/27/2025
Meet RCSB PDB at the American Chemical Society Meeting
Visit a poster on "Improving data representation of metalloproteins in the Protein Data Bank"» 03/20/2025
March 24 is World TB Day
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness, primarily found in the lungs, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis» 03/19/2025
PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance
PDB-101 materials explore the structural biology of nutrition.» 03/15/2025
Poster Prize Awarded at The Biophysical Society Meeting
The wwPDB Foundation made awards to Hsiang-Ling Huang (The Ohio State University College of Medicine) for Mechanisms of dysferlin-mediated membrane repair in health and disease.» 03/11/2025
Molecule of the Month
Quarterly News (see archive)
Issue 105 - April 2025
In this issue: This issue highlights the new training events, PDB-IHM news, articles describing PDB impact, and more.
Education Corner: To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NSF, Paul Craig (RIT) and Bonnie Hall (Grand View University) describe development of BASIL (Biochemistry Authentic Scientific Inquiry Lab)
Annual Reports
2023 Annual Report
Download the 2023 Annual Report (PDF) for an overview of recent activities, including RCSB PDB APIs and pairwise alignment tools.
