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  • 20101727353604100586412679448241445734PublicAssets/2374A knotted protein from an archaebacterium called <i>Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicam</i>. This organism breaks down waste products and produces methane gas. Protein folding theory previously held that forming a knot was beyond the ability of a protein, but this structure, determined at Argonne's Structural Biology Center, proves differently. Researchers theorize that this knot stabilizes the amino acid subunits of the protein.Midwest Center For Structural Genomics, PSIMidwest Center For Structural Genomics, PSIIllustration

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    Protein from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicam

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    A knotted protein from an archaebacterium called Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicam. This organism breaks down waste products and produces methane gas. Protein folding theory previously held that forming a knot was beyond the ability of a protein, but this structure, determined at Argonne's Structural Biology Center, proves differently. Researchers theorize that this knot stabilizes the amino acid subunits of the protein.

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