adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills/adaptyvbio-pdb
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Fetch and analyze protein structures from RCSB PDB. Use this skill when: (1) Need to download a structure by PDB ID, (2) Search for similar structures, (3) Prepare target for binder design, (4) Extract specific chains or domains, (5) Get structure metadata. For sequence lookup, use uniprot. For binder design workflow, use binder-design.
Install
npx vskill@latest install adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills/adaptyvbio-pdbSKILL.md
PDB Database Access
Note: This skill uses the RCSB PDB web API directly. No Modal deployment needed - all operations run locally via HTTP requests.
Fetching Structures
By PDB ID
Using Python
Using RCSB API
Structure Preparation
Selecting Chains
Trimming to Binding Region
Searching PDB
RCSB Search API
By Sequence Similarity
Structure Analysis
Get Chain Info
Find Interface Residues
Common Tasks for Binder Design
Target Preparation Checklist
- Download structure:
curl -o target.pdb "https://files.rcsb.org/download/XXXX.pdb" - Identify target chain
- Remove waters and ligands (if needed)
- Trim to binding region + buffer
- Identify potential hotspots
- Renumber if needed
Troubleshooting
Structure not found: Check PDB ID format (4 characters) Multiple models: Select first model for design Missing residues: Check for gaps in structure
Next: Use structure with boltzgen (recommended) or rfdiffusion for design.
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/pdb/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 125
- Repository forks
- 14
- 7-day trend score
- 24
Stars and forks are for the whole GitHub repository, not this skill alone. Refreshed 15 Apr 2026, 6 months ago.
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