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  • 3503018818317415054991741505499PublicAssets/6765CCD-1 is an enzyme produced by the bacterium <em>Clostridioides difficile</em> that helps it resist antibiotics. Researchers crystallized complexes where a CCD-1 molecule and a molecule of the antibiotic cefotaxime were bound together. Then, they shot X-rays at the complexes to determine their structure—a process known as X-ray crystallography. This image shows the X-ray diffraction pattern of a complex. <Br><Br> Related to images <a href="/Pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageID2=6764">6764</a>, <a href="/Pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageID2=6766">6766</a>, and <a href="/Pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageID2=6767">6767</a>.Keith Hodgson, Stanford University.Nichole K. Stewart, University of Notre Dame; Clyde A. Smith, Stanford University; Marta Toth, University of Notre Dame; Anastasiya Stasyuk, Stanford University; and Sergei B. Vakulenko, University of Notre Dame.Photograph

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    X-ray diffraction pattern from a crystallized cefotaxime-CCD-1 complex

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    CCD-1 is an enzyme produced by the bacterium Clostridioides difficile that helps it resist antibiotics. Researchers crystallized complexes where a CCD-1 molecule and a molecule of the antibiotic cefotaxime were bound together. Then, they shot X-rays at the complexes to determine their structure—a process known as X-ray crystallography. This image shows the X-ray diffraction pattern of a complex.

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    Keith Hodgson, Stanford University.

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    Nichole K. Stewart, University of Notre Dame; Clyde A. Smith, Stanford University; Marta Toth, University of Notre Dame; Anastasiya Stasyuk, Stanford University; and Sergei B. Vakulenko, University of Notre Dame.

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