kl0vis: Rubisco. Laue diffraction pattern from a crystal of the enzyme Rubisco (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) from a plant. Rubisco is thought to be the most abundant protein in nature. Found in all plants it fixes carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. This is an X-ray crystallography image, a way to determine the molecular structure of Rubisco by bombarding a crystal sample with X- rays. Laue diffraction uses the whole spectrum of X-radiation to gain the colours seen here. At centre are shorter blue wavelengths; longer (red) wavelengths are at outer edges. Repeated patterns reveal the structure of Rubisco’s crystal lattice. I want to live in a nation where more people recognize RuBisCO than recognize Nabisco! SCIENCE!!
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Rubisco. Laue diffraction pattern from a crystal of the enzyme Rubisco (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) from a plant. Rubisco is thought to be the most abundant protein in nature. Found in all plants it fixes carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. This is an X-ray crystallography image, a way to determine the molecular structure of Rubisco by bombarding a crystal sample with X- rays. Laue diffraction uses the whole spectrum of X-radiation to gain the colours seen here. At centre are shorter blue wavelengths; longer (red) wavelengths are at outer edges. Repeated patterns reveal the structure of Rubisco’s crystal lattice.

I want to live in a nation where more people recognize RuBisCO than recognize Nabisco!

SCIENCE!!

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    Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase is my favorite enzyme. =]
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    X-ray crystallography has come a long way.
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    Rubisco!!!!
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    So beautiful!
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    It’s so beautiful! I could totally paint this in watercolor lmao
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    We just talked about this in AP Bio!
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    ’Tis a dream we share, good man. RuBisCO is much cooler anyway.
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