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PDB-101 Focus: Peak Performance

08/20 PDB101 News

Since 2014, PDB-101 has focused on different topics to help build a collection molecular stories around a particular theme. Past topics have included cancer and diabetes.

In 2024, PDB-101 will highlight the structural stories of Peak Performance: the structural biology of athletics and well-being.

Athletes require bodies that are the best that is possible, all the way from molecules to muscles. By understanding the structure and function of our molecules, athletes can ensure that they are performing at their peak. This knowledge also informs the ways that we all can live our best lives, at all stages of our lives.

Visit the PDB-101 Peak Performance Browser for resources such as:

Acknowledgement: Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank<BR>
doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-031<BR>Acknowledgement: Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank
doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-031

A cross section through a red blood cell is shown at the bottom, with hemoglobin in red and the cell membrane in purple. A distinctive cytoskeleton forms a structural network bracing the membrane, with several large membrane-bound protein assemblies and short actin filaments, all linked by long, flexible spectrin proteins. Blood plasma is shown at the top. Visit David Goodsell's Molecular Landscape SciArt gallery for more.

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