Study shows electrically activated protein regulates spermatogenesis
Maturing sperm perceive “electrical signals.” Immature sperm perceive “electrical signals,” and the lipid composition of the cell membrane is appropriately ...
Tag: protein
New research elucidates a master regulator of protein production
Molecular model of the cotranslational multi-enzyme complex comprising the ribosome (blue and gray), the NAC chaperone complex (yellow and orange), ...
Dual protein analysis approach offers potential way to slow cancer growth
Chemoproteomics (ABPP) methods identify a stereoprobe that interacts with a cysteine in the cell cycle protein MAD2L1BP and disrupts its ...
New device monitors levels of inflammation-associated C-reactive protein in real time
Graphic summary. Credit: ACS sensors (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00249 Since inflammation is the body’s natural immune response to disease or infection, ...
How insulin, zinc and pH can block harmful protein clumps linked to type 2 diabetes
TEM images of IAPP and insulin aggregates. Credit: Biology of communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06388-y An estimated 462 million people worldwide ...
Cryo-ET study elucidates protein folding helpers in their natural environment
In situ structures of chaperonin complexes. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07843-w Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) makes it possible to visualize and ...
Researchers teach artificial intelligence about protein folding frustration
Chemical structure of thiamine pyrophosphate and protein structure of transketolase. Thiamine pyrophosphate cofactor in yellow and substrate xylulose 5-phosphate in ...
New AI tool captures protein behavior in context
Credit: AI generated image A fish on land always flaps its fins, but the results are markedly different when it ...
Newly Discovered Protein Stops DNA Damage
Structural characterization of DdrC domains. Credit: Nucleic Acid Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae635 Researchers at Western University have discovered a protein ...
Blocking a key protein could halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: CC0 Public domain Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that inhibiting a key protein ...
