Scientists have discovered how chemokines and G protein-coupled receptors selectively bind each other to control how cells move.

Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

Citrullination, a transformative protein post-translational modification, is gaining recognition for its wide-ranging impact on cellular function and human disease. This process, driven by the enzyme ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

A structural protein is one that makes up the structure or framework of your cells and tissues. There are 28 known types of collagen, with type I collagen accounting for 90% of the collagen in the ...

The serine/threonine phosphatase RsbU initiates the General Stress Response in B. subtilis upon binding a partner protein (RsbT ... 2007) are represented on the AlphaFold2 structure as yellow spheres ...

Altering this amino acid and the chemical modification can dramatically disrupt chloroplast development and structure ... 260 in the protein chain of an amino acid called serine.

Scientists have long struggled to target proteins that lack defined structure and are involved in cancer, neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease, and other serious illnesses.

“As a physician who treats patients with Parkinson’s disease, the recent elucidation of the human PINK1 protein structure bound to mitochondria is a significant and encouraging development ...

solving a decades-long mystery by determining the first structure of the human protein PINK1 bound to mitochondria. First discovered more than 20 years ago, PINK1 is a protein directly ...