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Caption: An adrenergic receptor (PDB ID 2rh1) as illustrated in the RCSB PDB's Molecule of the Month feature. This April edition is the 100th installment in the series, another RCSB PDB milestone. This structure is an important starting point for the design of drugs to fight heart disease, allergies, and mental disease. Through the PDB, the structure is now available to researchers around the world.
Credit: Protein Data Bank and David Goodsell
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