GZipped Brookhaven Protein Data Bank 3D model
File type: Various data file
A pdz file is a GZIP-compressed text file in the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank format. It stores the three-dimensional structure of a molecule.
Found 2 different file type records with the same pdz filename suffix.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: November 4, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pdz file extension identifies a compressed Protein Data Bank structure file. Its uncompressed content is a plain-text description of a molecular 3D model, including the structural data used to represent molecules held in the Protein Data Bank.
The format is associated with the historical Brookhaven Protein Data Bank and is now obsolete. Molecular visualization and modeling software may support the underlying Protein Data Bank text format, but newer applications may not recognize the pdz file extension directly.
First decompress the pdz file with a GZIP-compatible utility. Open the resulting plain-text file with molecular visualization or modeling software that supports Protein Data Bank structure files. If the application does not recognize the original extension, renaming the decompressed file to the extension expected for a Protein Data Bank file may be necessary.
A pdz file does not require structural conversion merely to remove its compression. Decompress it to recover the underlying Protein Data Bank text file, then use compatible molecular modeling software to export that file to another structure format if required.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: February 6, 2018
The pdz file extension is associated with the Siemens SCIMATIC WinCC software.
WinCC is used to visualization HMI (Human-Machine-Inteface) processes. WinCC PDZ file contains Wincc flexible runtime document that can be only opened in runtime service.
The content of WinCC PDZ file cannot be viewed or edited.
Use SCIMATIC WinCC runtime to run the *.pdz flexible runtime document.
Compatible tools may be able to export *.pdz files to other formats.
Software applications that can open pdz files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pdz files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pdz files:
Microsoft Windows
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