What are some of the prettiest protein structures you know of?

Answer (1 of 8): This one: It’s called an apoptosome, the death protein of human cells. It’s a very beautiful heptamer, made of seven identical subunits called Apaf1 (apoptotic protease activating factor 1). Apaf1 normally resides in its inactive, monomeric form. However, in the presence of cell...