Highest impact structures: Difference between revisions
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* '''1970 - Deoxy-hemoglobin''': M. Perutz' second hemoglobin structure proved to be at least as important as the first, published two years earlier, as it demonstrated that a protein can have several conformations, and that its physiological role depends on how it changes from one to the other. | * '''1970 - Deoxy-hemoglobin''': M. Perutz' second hemoglobin structure proved to be at least as important as the first, published two years earlier, as it demonstrated that a protein can have several conformations, and that its physiological role depends on how it changes from one to the other. | ||
* '''1974 - [[1ehz|Transfer RNA]]''': The first 3D RNA structure solved; tRNA remained the only RNA solved crystallographically for around 20 years. This landmark structure served as a foundation for our understanding of RNA structure and translation in general<ref>PMID: 11504628</ref>. | * '''1974 - [[1ehz|Transfer RNA]]''': The first 3D RNA structure solved; tRNA remained the only biological RNA solved crystallographically for around 20 years. This landmark structure served as a foundation for our understanding of RNA structure and translation in general<ref>PMID: 11504628</ref>. | ||
* '''1978 - Tobacco bushy stunt virus''': S. Harrison offered the first atomic scale image of a complete biological object, a plant virus. It was a technical feat, and revealed rules of architecture that, a few years later (1985), were shown to apply to human pathogens such as the common cold and the poliomyelitis viruses. | * '''1978 - Tobacco bushy stunt virus''': S. Harrison offered the first atomic scale image of a complete biological object, a plant virus. It was a technical feat, and revealed rules of architecture that, a few years later (1985), were shown to apply to human pathogens such as the common cold and the poliomyelitis viruses. | ||
