A global analysis of protein crystal structures in the PDB using a newly developed computational approach reveals many pairs with (nearly) identical main-chain coordinates #DataDuplication #ProteinDataBank #CoordinateComparison doi.org/10.1107/S205...

🌬️This is our #December #ImageOfTheMonth!

🍭🍙"Spike Lollipop on Membrane Rice Cake", by
Adam Hospital & Genís Bayarri (Molecular Modelling and Bioinformatics lab).

📸 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein with a single receptor-binding domain pointing upwards #ProteinDataBank.

Happy December everyone!☃️

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The role of post-translational modifications in influencing protein structure and function, and the frequency and representation of these modifications in the PDB, are examined #PostTranslationalModifications #ProteinDataBank #Glycosylation t.co/iocwcaTdCy