Scientists developed a method for the computer-based design of artificial proteins, with a focus on custom biocatalysts for ...

Proteins are life's molecular workhorses, doing everything from turning sunlight into food to fighting viruses. They are ...

Journal Reference: John G. Wise. Catalytic Transitions in the Human MDR1 P-Glycoprotein Drug Binding Sites. Biochemistry, 2012; 51 (25): 5125 DOI: 10.1021/bi300299z ...

MIT chemists have discovered the structure of a protein that can pump toxic molecules out of bacterial cells. Proteins similar to this one, which is found in E. coli, are believed to help bacteria ...

Recent research, however, has pointed to a different type of cellular structure that may play an equally important role. Called biological condensates, these structures exist because of ...

However, intriguingly, many of the most important proteins involved in gene regulation lack stable structure ... protein give rise to a kind of hidden organization,” said Dr. Katerina Cermakova, ...

"Research Answers Key Question In Biochemistry: How Proteins Fold Into 3-D Structures." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 July 2004. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2004 / 07 / 040729092040.htm>.

Video A small group of enthusiastic gamers on a site called Foldit recently solved the structure of a protein found in an AIDS-like monkey virus. The structure had stumped scientists for over a ...

Book Review Published: November 1999 An updated guide to enzyme and protein folding mechanisms Patricia A. Jennings Nature Structural Biology 6, 998 (1999) Cite this article ...

Now SMU biochemist John G. Wise at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, has brought to life in a moving 3D computer model the structure of human P-glycoprotein, which is thought to contribute to ...

Interactions between disordered molecules with structured protein give rise to a kind of hidden organization,” said Dr. Katerina Cermakova, co-corresponding author and assistant professor of ...