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Integration of Macromolecular Crystallography at SIBYLS Macromolecular crystallography provides atomic resolution structural information on macromolecules in a crystal lattice. The relative position of atoms can provide information on the structural mechanism for protein catalysis, binding interactions, hinge movements, etc. Diffraction of X-rays from a crystal lattice gives rise to discrete diffraction maxima that are caused by the convolution of the crystal lattice onto the continuous transform due to the atomic positions and provides enormously greater signal. |