For most people, frustration is a condition to be avoided. But for scientists studying certain "frustrated" ensembles of interacting components - that is, those which cannot settle into a state that minimizes each interaction ...
Quantum Physics
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A new study from Tel Aviv University has discovered that a known practice in information technology can also be applied to chemistry. Researchers found that to enhance the sampling in chemical simulations, all you need to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 12, 2024
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When it comes to drug development, membrane proteins play a crucial role, with about 50% of drugs targeting these molecules. Understanding the function of these membrane proteins, which connect to the membranes of cells, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2024
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A group of researchers has unearthed the secrets behind a tiny but crucial protein that shuttles zinc ions (Zn2+) within our bodies. The discovery offers a deeper understanding of how our cells maintain optimal health.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2023
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Human cells are protecting their proteins from unfolding and aggregating. That's what biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his team discovered after seven years of in-depth research into the folding mechanisms of proteins. With ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 1, 2023
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A new study has shed new light on the astonishing diversity of protein structures and their folds in nature. Researchers set out to reveal the extent to which nature has explored the vast landscape of possible protein topologies. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 13, 2023
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A research group has unearthed how zinc transporter complexes regulate zinc ion (Zn2+) concentrations in different areas of the Golgi apparatus and revealed that this mechanism finely tunes the chaperone protein ERp44.
Cell & Microbiology
May 29, 2023
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MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature.
Biochemistry
Apr 20, 2023
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A team of researchers from the Faculty of Science at Charles University, BIOCEV and IOCB (Czech Republic), Johns Hopkins University (U.S.) and ELSI (Japan) has discovered why modern proteins use a quasi-universal repertoire ...
Evolution
Feb 27, 2023
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John Crocker had expected to see a flat line—a familiar horizontal track with some slight peaks and valleys—but the plot of energy in front of him dove sharply downward.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 5, 2022
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