A study developed by researchers at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona (UB), published in the journal Physical Review Letters, describes the contribution of water to the three-dimensional structure of proteins ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 21, 2015
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The importance of proteins is difficult to overstate; they play a critical role in countless biological processes. An enhanced understanding of their structure and function is essential to advancing the state of the art in ...
General Physics
Jun 17, 2015
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Until today, the proteins known as ubiquitin receptors have been associated mainly with protein degradation, a basic cell cleaning process. A new function now described for the protein dDsk2 by the team headed by Ferran Azorín, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 28, 2015
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Rigorous analysis of the structures of thousands of plant proteins by Tetsuya Sakurai and colleagues from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science has led to the construction of a database that will help scientists ...
Biotechnology
Feb 27, 2015
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Scientists have shed new light on the fundamental biological process of cell division, thanks to an emerging analytical method.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2015
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It had never been verified before: unlike other biopolymers, RNA, the long strand that is 'cousin' to DNA, tends not to form knots. The observation has been published in the journal PNAS by a research team of the International ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 2, 2015
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All living organisms, from bacteria to humans, rely on proteins to perform their vital functions. How these proteins accomplish their tasks depends on their structure. Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute have now ...
General Physics
Dec 16, 2014
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Knowledge of the three-dimensional structures of proteins is essential for understanding biological processes.
Biochemistry
Dec 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Research involving scientists from Trinity College Dublin has made a major breakthrough that will streamline the process used to determine the structure of proteins in cell membranes. The development of a new ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 19, 2014
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Research involving scientists from Trinity College Dublin has led to a major breakthrough that could streamline the process used to determine the structure of proteins in cell membranes. This will have major implications ...
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2013
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