The chemistry of amino acid side chains is critical to protein structure because these side chains can bond with one another to hold a length of protein in a certain shape or conformation.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is one of the most prestigious ... of how a protein's amino acid sequence dictates its 3D ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a ...

Renowned computational biologist Janet Thornton discusses the potential of protein structure understanding in developing new ...

Proteins are key biomolecular substances involved in all activities of the human body. To create a digital cell map that can be used throughout the ...

Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength ... gives rise to its function as an actin bundler and figured out the detailed chemistry of its actin ...

Monoclonal antibodies, or mAbs, are important tools in medicine. These laboratory-made proteins are widely used in treatments ...

Insights into the structures could lead to improved treatment strategies for transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive, fatal disease in men.

It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins, complex molecules that are essential for all life. Next ...