1. If you already cloned the Alphafold3 [github repo](https://github.com/google-deepmind/alphafold3), you do not need to clone this repo. But if you have not, you can clone this gitlab repo.
1. Download the needed databases for Alphafold3 by running the command. Make sure you are in the same folder as the `fetch_databases.sh` file before running the below command, or use the absolute file path to run it.
``` bash
./fetch_databases.sh <DB_DIR> #<DB_DIR> is your preferred location for storing the databases