Visualisation of a molecule
- ID-nummer
- 2013.008.001
- Titel
- Visualisation of a molecule
- Objektkategori
- Media
- Publik beskrivning
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This film shows a simulation of a structural change in a molecule that is vital to vision. The retinal molecule is embedded in the protein rhodopsin, which is found in the light-sensitive rod cells in the retina of the eye. When the molecule absorbs light, one of the atoms in the structure changes position: from a cis form to a trans form. Using computer calculations, Arieh Warshel made simulations of the process. The film based on these simulations was made in 1980.
Arieh Warshel donated the film to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2013. - Pristagare
- Arieh Warshel
- Provenance
- 863 Nobel Museum Temporary
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