Protein Structure

Proteins perform a vast array of functions in the cell of every living organism with critical roles in almost every biological process. Not only do they run our metabolism, manage cellular signaling and are in charge of energy production, as antibodies they are also the frontline workers of our immu more

Researchers at the University of Bonn and the research center caesar have succeeded in ultra-fast freezing proteins after a precisely defined period of time. They were able to follow structural changes on the microsecond time scale and with sub-nanometer precision. Owing to its high spatial and temp more

A crucial resolution barrier in cryo-electron microscopy has been broken. Holger Stark and his team at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry have observed single atoms in a protein structure for the first time and taken the sharpest images ever with this method. Such unprecedented more

Protein Structure Many proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases contain low-complexity domains (LCDs) that frequently exhibit no secondary structure but are implicated in both functional reversible aggregation and pathological irreversible aggregation. Guenther et al. determined the more

by Ye Zhang, Jinbo Sun, Han Xia, Chuanzhi Zhao, Lei Hou, Baoshan Wang, Aiqin Li, Min Chen, Shuzhen Zhao, Xingjun Wang Arachis hypogaea L. geocarpy is a unique feature different from other legume plants. Flowering and fertilization occur above ground, while the following processes of pod formation more

Publication date: August 2018 Source:Computational Biology and Chemistry, Volume 75 Author(s): Jiaqi Wu, Tao Zhou, Jin Tao, Yabing Hai, Fei Ye, Xiaoqing Liu, Qi Dai Protein Structure Similarity plays an important role in study on functional properties of proteins and evolutionary more