A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

Scientists from Scripps Research have uncovered new structures of transthyretin, a protein that moves important hormones like thyroxine through blood and spinal fluid. Misfolded versions of the ...

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

Proteins often function in pairs or groups, concealing their internal connection points and making it difficult for ...

A new artificial intelligence-driven pipeline developed in a collaborative research combines protein structure prediction, sequence design, and live-cell screening together to enable rapid conversion ...

Inspired by the simple mechanism of a seesaw—when one side goes up, the other side goes down—researchers asked an intriguing ...

Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can still influence these processes.

Researchers found that paired pathogenic variants can restore protein function rather than make it worse. This phenomenon ...

For those outside the chemistry cognoscenti, the announcement might have seemed little more than researchers patting each other on the back. But the question of protein folding had plagued scientists ...

Proteins are the building blocks of life. These biomolecules comprise chains of amino acids that fold into precise shapes to ...