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Protein Data Bank is phylogenetically biased

Claim that the Protein Data Bank (PDB) exhibits significant bias in the distribution of protein structures across species, with a strong taxonomic skew toward eukaryotes.

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In the PDB, these structures were dominated by eukaryotic samples... indicating that a significant proportion of their proteins come from a very small number of species.

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PDB has property Phylogenetic bias