15/06/2022
In this week’s instalment of , we solved the of ! While this might have been -Prize-winning 50 years ago, today the process is rather
simple, requiring little more than a basic computer and an internet connection. Discover how we managed to 3D print our own little Lysozyme, and find out how the of Google performed against the tried-and-tested, but painstaking crystallographic methods.
Read the instalment in full here: https://bit.ly/39q2XaR
Lysozyme contributed directly to our understanding of the structure-function relationship of proteins. It was the first solved structure that established the concept that the 3D shape of a protein was the key determinant of its function.