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Protein crystallography

How it helps us to combat SARS-CoV-2

The structure of a protein helps us understand what that protein does. The usefulness of this has been highlighted by the recent pandemic. Biophysicist Mads Gabrielsen explains how the tertiary structures of proteins can be revealed using X-rays

Diffraction pattern produced when X-rays hit a protein crystal
© Dr Mads Gabrielsen

AQA General properties of proteins; Prokaryotic cells and viruses; Binary fission in prokaryotic cells

OCR A Prokaryotic cells; Properties and functions of fibrous proteins

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