Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Prof. Liu Qi, in collaboration with Harvard ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Prof. LIU Qi, in collaboration with Harvard ...

A protein has many identities and one of them depends on the arrangement of its amino acids in the three dimensions of space — in other words, its 3D structure. And scientists have spent decades ...

They help repair damaged tissues, support immune function, and contribute to maintaining healthy bodily functions ...

Protein folding is the process by which proteins achieve their mature functional (native) tertiary structure, and often begins co-translationally. Protein folding requires chaperones and often ...

Specialized protein machines called SMC complexes (Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes) play a critical role in these ...

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their research into ...

Cells in the immune system don't always fight; they often rest and wait for threats, like viruses or bacteria. When such ...

Walnuts provide the same protein content alongside impressive levels of plant-based omega-3 fatty acids. Their brain-shaped ...

Briola and co-authors determined the structure of the human CTF18 clamp loader bound to PCNA to high resolution, analyzed the structure, and tested a new mechanism involving a human-specific Ctf18 ...

While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they now discovered that these motors also put significant twists into the loops that they form.