The atomic structures of ADAM17 and iRhom2, revealed by UC researchers, offer new avenues for developing precise treatments ...

A team of researchers, led by Professor Chae Un Kim from the Department of Physics at UNIST, has successfully tracked the catalytic pathway of carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), an enzyme that converts ...

Christian Bleiholder, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. (Devin Bittner/FSU College of ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such structure, the ...

Acyl carrier protein (ACP) plays a central role in fatty acid biosynthesis, acting as a molecular "shuttle" that carries, ...

Understanding how molecules interact is central to biology: from decoding how living organisms function to uncovering disease mechanisms and developing life-saving drugs. In recent years, models like ...

With many different species entering torpor for a variety of reasons, scientists are looking to their sleepy secrets for ways ...

Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited ...

What if one of the most iconic building blocks of life was misunderstood all along? A new study challenges long-standing assumptions about ancient proteins and their role in the origin of life. How ...

Protein analysis is the bioinformatic study of protein structure and function using database searches, sequence comparisons, structural and functional predictions. Nonselective engagement of GPCR ...