“After a decade of work, the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID) — a consortium of 10 scientific institutions in the U.S., Europe, and Canada — announced that it has determined the 3D atomic structures of more than 1,000 proteins.
Determining these structures is an important step in identifying and understanding where a pathogen might be vulnerable to assault by drugs or vaccines. Such vulnerabilities are frequently found at the points where molecules bind to one another, says Dr. Zbyszek Otwinowski, Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry, who leads the UT Southwestern group participating in the project. Dr. Dominika Borek, Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry, who works in Dr. Otwinowski’s laboratory, contributed crucial expertise for the successful completion of these studies…”
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https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/04/using-3d-weapons-science-fight-infectious-diseases