Figure 2
Qualitative and quantitative overview of X-ray structures. (a) Uneven coverage of the tree of life. (b) Incomplete coverage of macromolecular diversity. (c) Distribution of resolution. Among the known structures, 77% are solved at resolutions better than 2.5 Å, but only 9% are at resolutions better than 1.5 Å, notably ∼600 at subatomic resolution (≤1.0 Å); only two proteins (the small crambin and an iron–sulfur protein) have been solved at ultrahigh resolution (∼0.5 Å). |