Template:POTD/2009-11-19
Picture of the day archives
:
2009 November
<
2009 November 18
2009 November 20
>
Picture of the day
A 1981
ribbon diagram
, a
3D
schematic representation of
protein structure
that is one of the most common methods of
protein
depiction used today, of a
triosephosphate isomerase
monomer
. Hand-drawn by
Jane S. Richardson
who originally devised the concept, the barrel of eight
beta strands
is shown by green arrows and the eight
alpha helices
as brown spirals.
Image credit:
Jane S. Richardson
Archive
–
More featured pictures...