Scientists at the NIAID-funded Structural Genomics Centers for Infectious Diseases recently mapped their 500th protein structure, reaching an important milestone. These Centers apply high-throughput structural biology technologies to characterize the 3-D atomic structure of targeted proteins from the NIAID Category A-C priority lists and organisms that cause emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
These structures, which are made available to the scientific community through the NIH-supported Protein Data Bank, can lead to new treatments and diagnostics for diseases such as cholera, the plague, and H1N1 influenza.
For more information about the Structural Genomics Centers program, visit http://www.niaid.nih.gov/LabsAndResources/resources/sg/Pages/default.aspx.
For more information on this achievement, see the press release linked at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/LabsAndResources/resources/sg/Pages/news.aspx.
Structural Genomics Centers for Infectious Diseases, News
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