News tagged with nmr structure determination

A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Scientists take a giant step forward in understanding plutonium

Plutonium is the most complex element in the periodic table, yet it is also one of the most poorly understood ones. But now a well-known scientific technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers find reducing fishmeal hinders growth of farmed fish

When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and ...

Biology / Other

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

A new tool to reveal structure of proteins

A new method to reveal the structure of proteins could help researchers understand biological molecules – both those involved in causing disease and those performing critical functions in healthy cells.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers provide atomic view of a histone chaperone

Mayo Clinic researchers have gained insights into the function of a member of a family of specialized proteins called histone chaperones. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, they ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unpicking HIV’s invisibility cloak

Drug researchers hunting for alternative ways to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections may soon have a novel target—its camouflage coat. HIV hides inside a cloak unusually rich in a sugar ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

12 new flavonoids discovered in Kew tree

Scientists at Kew interested in the classification of legumes have been studying the chemistry of the Kentucky yellow-wood (Cladrastis kentukea). Evidence from DNA sequencing suggested that this species is ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists paint new picture of dance between protein and binding partners

Using a blend of technologies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have painted a new picture of how biochemical information can be transmitted through the modification of a protein. Previously, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NMR used to determine whether gold nanoparticles exhibit 'handedness'

Carnegie Mellon University's Roberto R. Gil and Rongchao Jin have successfully used NMR to analyze the structure of infinitesimal gold nanoparticles, which could advance the development and use of the tiny ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A chaperone for the 'guardian of the genome'

The protein p53 plays an essential role in the prevention of cancer by initiating the controlled death of a cell with damaged genes which is in danger to transform into a cancerous cell. The heat shock protein Hsp90, in turn, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mechanism in the regulation of human genes

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich and the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and along with their colleagues from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Centre for Genomic Regulation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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