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Index
Index of biological structures
Date posted
Title
Structure
Author
15/05
Pass the Electron – The First Membrane Protein Structure Shows How Purple Bacteria Get Energy from Light
Rhodopseudomonas viridis
photosynthetic reaction centre
Anton Le Brun
15/07
Caffeine hit: Adenosine A2A receptor
Adenosine A
2A
receptor
Róisín McMahon
16/01
Kick-starting Adrenaline
Adrenaline
Julia Archbold
19/02
Breaking down the drink – Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcohol dehydrogenase
Julia Archbold
24/07
Cone snail toxins as painkillers – The structure of an alpha-conopeptide
Alpha-conotoxin (PnIB)
Julia Archbold
28/07
A Crystal Structure for Stopping Germ Warfare
Anthrax protective antigen
Anton Le Brun
01/04
Cold as Ice… with 'Maxi' sacrifice
Antifreeze protein Maxi
Julia Archbold
09/01
Biology on the edge – Adaptor Protein complex 2
AP2 complex
Brett Collins
25/12
Why does a lobster change colour on cooking?
Apocrustacyanin
John Helliwell
21/05
Protein crystals naturally occurring in a cellular membrane: Bacteriorhodopsin
Bacteriorhodopsin
Katy Wood
31/10
Bak: The Face of Death
Bak
Jason Brouwer
02/12
I'm pretty, but don't touch me as I'm deadly
Batrachotoxin A
Anton Le Brun
30/06
A different type of donut – beta-sliding clamp
Beta Sliding Clamp
Amy McGrath
17/04
Botox: Toxic medicine
Botox
Róisín McMahon
20/12
Factor IX: Christmas Factor
Christmas factor
Anton Le Brun
12/08
Chymotrypsin — the first protease structure
Chymotrypsin
Stephen Curry
15/04
Collagen: Triple strength
Collagen
Róisín McMahon
13/10
Celebrating Laue – comprehensive protein structures
Concanavalin A
John Helliwell
10/03
Feeling Stressed? Understanding Anxiety and Depression
Corticotropin releasing factor
Julia Archbold
26/12
Give me a resin
Cytochrome P450 2B enzyme
Róisín McMahon
05/01
Brace yourself! The structure of DiSulfide Bond proteins (DSBs)
DiSulfide Bond proteins (DSBs)
Róisín McMahon
25/07
DNA: Life's blueprint
DNA
Katy Wood
24/11
DNA Polymerase in Celebration of Evolution Day
DNA polymerase
Anton Le Brun
18/08
A Crystal Structure That Was Only Possible With the Help of an Ebola Survivor
Ebola glycoprotein
Anton Le Brun
24/12
A little helper – Elf3
Elf3
Róisín McMahon
07/01
The Fight or Flight Receptor
G-protein–coupled receptors
Julia Archbold
21/06
How Sweet! The structure of the Glucose Transporter 1
Glucose transporter 1
Julia Archbold
03/05
From crystallography, to running the country
Gramicidin S
Helen Maynard-Casely
19/05
Haemoglobin: Bloody protein!
Haemoglobin
Róisín McMahon
02/01
HLA Molecules – How the body detects infected cells
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA-A2)
Julia Archbold
16/09
Cop this! The protein 'cop' (Cop9) with multiple tasks
Human signalosome complex
Julia Archbold
13/01
Impressive Insulin
Insulin
Julia Archbold
20/11
From crystal to structure in 84 years
Jack bean urease
Róisín McMahon
19/11
Crystallising enzymes from beans – celebrating Sumner
Jack bean urease
John Helliwell
18/11
What was Philae looking for on 67P? L-Glutamic acid
L-Glutamic acid
Helen Maynard-Casely
26/06
'Roll out the Barrel': Structure of the LptD-LptE translocon complex from bacteria
LptD-LptE translocon complex
Julia Archbold
03/02
Lysozyme: Not to be sniffed at
Lysozyme
Róisín McMahon
14/07
Melatonin: Are you feeling sleepy?
Melatonin
Róisín McMahon
03/12
Munc18: No Munc-eying around with our molecular transport machinery!
Munc18
Julia Archbold
24/03
Myoglobin: (Don't) hold your breath!
Myoglobin
Róisín McMahon
03/07
'Let's talk about Sex' hormones – Part 1: The Oestrogen Receptor
Oestrogen
Julia Archbold
11/03
A Protein Swiss Army Knife
Outer membrane protein A (OmpA)
Anton Le Brun
27/05
A protein structure that is a β-barrel of laughs
Outer membrane protein F
Anton Le Brun
14/02
Roses are red, violets are blue. Oxytocin in my brain makes me only want to be with you…
Oxytocin
Róisín McMahon
18/06
P-glycoprotein: It's as simple as ABC
P-glycoprotein
Julia Archbold
20/06
A Crystal Structure for the Perfect Steak: Papain
Papain
Anton Le Brun
24/10
Superbug superpowers
Penicillin binding protein variant (PBP2a)
Róisín McMahon
14/11
Whoop whoop: pertussis toxin
Pertussis toxin
Anton Le Brun
23/02
The beginning of the end for Polio
Polio virus
Helen Maynard-Casely
01/08
The Good and Bad of Prions: Proteins that cause Mad Cow disease
Prion proteins
Julia Archbold
01/12
A tree bark suspension and a Nobel Prize later … We wonder less about the structural basis of the action of aspirin
Prostaglandin H synthase
Lawrence Norris
03/04
The machine of life – the structure of the Ribosome
Ribosome
Brett Collins
25/08
Possibly the Deadliest Crystal Structure Known: Ricin
Ricin
Anton Le Brun
01/03
Cutting up the genes – the structure of a spliceosome
Spliceosome
Brett Collins
04/07
'Let's talk about Sex' hormones – Part 2: The Androgen Receptor and Testosterone
Testosterone
Julia Archbold
23/07
Ion Channels and Chronic Pain – Structure of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
Voltage-gated sodium channel
Julia Archbold
17/06
The Start of Digestion: Salivary α-Amylase
α-Amylase
Anton Le Brun
23/09
From Toxin to Technology: α-Haemolysin
α-Haemolysin
Anton Le Brun
15/09
Bacteria: How do they resist?
β-Lactamase
Róisín McMahon
22/12
Oh, deer...
β-Lactoglobulin
Róisín McMahon