Crystal structure of Oligoendopeptidase F, a protein slicing enzyme from Bacillus stearothermophilus, a bacterium that can cause food products to spoil.  The crystal was formed using a microfluidic capillary, a device that enables scientists to independently control the parameters for protein crystal nucleation and growth.

Crystal structure of Oligoendopeptidase F, a protein slicing enzyme from Bacillus stearothermophilus, a bacterium that can cause food products to spoil. The crystal was formed using a microfluidic capillary, a device that enables scientists to independently control the parameters for protein crystal nucleation and growth. Credit: Accelerated Technologies Center for Gene to 3D Structure and Midwest Center for Structural Genomics

See Structure Summary in the Protein Data Bank

Featured as one of the July 2007 PSI Structures of the Month
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