X ray crystallography byju's

How is X ray crystallography done?

A purified sample at high concentration is crystallised and the crystals are exposed to an x ray beam.
The resulting diffraction patterns can then be processed, initially to yield information about the crystal packing symmetry and the size of the repeating unit that forms the crystal..

What are the steps in X ray crystallography protein?

Four steps are important to solve a protein structure by X-ray crystallography: (1) to crystallize the protein, (2) to collect diffraction patterns, (3) to calculate the electron density map, (4) to refine and validate the model of the structure of the protein..

1. D structures of biological macromolecules — such as proteins and nucleic acids — and their complexes with other macromolecules or ligands, substrates and inhibitors