New Method Opens Crystal Clear Views of Biomolecules (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

New Method Opens Crystal Clear Views of Biomolecules

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Slightly disordered crystals of complex biomolecules like that of the photosystem II molecule shown here produce a complex continous diffraction pattern (right) under X-ray light that contains far more information than the so-called Bragg peaks of a strongly ordered crystal alone (left). The degree of disorder is greatly exaggerated in the crystal on the right.

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Credit: Eberhard Reimann/DESY

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