Bacteriorhodopsin necklace in silver 925

Pendant of bacteriorhodopsin in 1 mm silver wire.

Richard Hendersson, one of the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 2017, succeeded in using an electron microscopy to generate a three-dimensional image of a protein, bacteriorhodopsin. It is a protein located in the cell membrane and acts as a light-driven proton pump in the cell.

Chain length: 70 cm

Length of the pendulum: 5 cm

Chain included.