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Welcome to Structural Biochemistry @ Edinburgh

Image of the Michael Swann Building This is the new website for the Structural Biochemistry Group. Based in purpose built research laboratories within the Michael Swann building on the University of Edinburgh's King's Buildings campus the SBG is home to a collection of independent research groups united by their common interest in the structure and function of biological molecules.

The group has an international mix of personnel and expertise in protein expression and purification as well as protein structure determination by X-ray crystallography and NMR. Our research interests are broad and range from the rational design of novel inhibitors for cell cycle kinases to the structure and function of membrane proteins.

Via this website you can learn more about the research activities of the individual laboratories within the group. You can also browse some of the many protein structures that have been determined by our researchers or view current opportunities for study or employment.

Featured Structure

Trypanosoma brucei - Phosphofructokinase

The tetrameric structure of phosphofructokinase from Trypanosoma brucei. The N-terminal domains shown at the left and right of the figure appear to function as embracing arms that stabilise the quaternary structure.

Compare this figure with that of a single subunit where some of the features that distinguish the parasite enzyme from those of its human host are highlighted.

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<i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> - Phosphofructokinase structure

Full details of this structure can be found here

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