Veni, vidi, vici - atomic resolution unravelling the mysteries of protein function

Atomic resolution macromolecular crystallography has become a powerful and versatile tool in structural biology; the number of atomic resolution structures is steadily increasing. Novel techniques are being developed and the use of complementary methods that span the field from sample preparation to validation and analysis of the resulting models has emerged. These allow the fuller exploitation of the information stored in crystal structures and reveal a depth of structural detail that was unattainable in the recent past.