Proteins are the workhorses that keep our cells running, and there are many thousands of types of proteins in our cells, each ...

Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL)—commonly known as bad cholesterol—have long been on scientists' radar as a major contributor ...

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) -- commonly known as bad cholesterol -- have long been on scientists' radar as a major contributor to heart disease. But these microscopic troublemakers have hidden ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has identified a key mechanism responsible for endosomal recycling ...

A novel, freely available AI tool has cut the time it takes to determine chromatin structure from days to minutes. The 3D ...

Figure 1: Domain structure of ubiquitin-specific ... such as neuronal precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8 (NEDD8), in which the C-terminal sequence is Leu-Ala-Leu ...

Researchers have developed a computational method to explicitly consider the impact of water while designing membrane receptors with enhanced stability and signaling, paving the way for novel drug ...

The formation of protein complexes is a delicate process, with some proteins finding their match at synthesis.