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Caption: Morphlock-1 (yellow) binds the inactive form of a protein known as PBGS, an enzyme used by nearly all living things. The functioning form of PBGS is built from eight identical component parts, in what is called an octamer configuration (pink). The hexamer configuration (blue) is made of six parts and serves as a
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