Award-Winning Image

01/27 

Acknowledgement: Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank and Scripps Research. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-048

This image of Bacteriophage T4 Infection by RCSB PDB's David Goodsell was selected for a National Jury's Choice Award in the 2023 Wiki Science Competition in the United States (non-photographic media category). The jury selected 45 finalists across seven categories from 465 submissions.

At left, a bacteriophage is injecting its DNA genome into an E. coli cell. At center, the bacteriophage has taken over the cell, destroying the cellular DNA and forcing the cell to make many new copies of itself. At right, the bacteriophage produces a channel-forming protein that pierces the inner cell membrane, allowing breakdown of its peptidoglycan sheath. The cell bursts, releasing several hundred new bacteriophages.

This image, one of PDB-101's award-winning creations, is available for download as part of the Poster Collection and David Goodsell SciArt Gallery of Molecular Landscapes.

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