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Health Focus: Diabetes

Glucose is transported through the blood, powering cells throughout the body. However, if the level of glucose gets too high, it can cause the chronic problems associated with diabetes mellitus. Atomic structures have revealed how glucose levels are regulated in the body and are providing new hope for combating the disease. To learn more, browse PDB-101 resources related to diabetes.

2017 Video Challenge for High School Students

Molecular View of Diabetes Treatment and Management

Congratulations to the 2017 Winners! Many thanks to the expert scientists, students, teachers, parents, and voters who made this exciting competition happen.

2017 Winners

Judge's Award, 1^st Place
West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South, NJ

Judge's Award, 2^nd Place
East Brunswick High School, NJ

Judge's Award, 3^rd Place
West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South, NJ

Viewer's Choice
Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY

Learn: Materials for Exploration

Video: How Enzymes Work

Learn why the proteins called enzymes are essential to life on earth, and observe an example catalysis mechanism.

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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

January 2017

A cyber-linked summer program trains the next generation of computational structural biologists by Rebecca F. Alford & Jeffrey J. Gray (Johns Hopkins University)

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Geis Digital Archive

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.

Z-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Myohemerythrin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme

Carboxypeptidase A

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Lysozyme

Myoglobin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Induced Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin

B-DNA

Crambin

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c

DNA

A-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Trypsin

Myoglobin Fold

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

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2017 Video Challenge for High School Students

2017 Winners