Scientists map 3D structure of ZAK protein involved in cellular stress response

In an effort to reveal the inner workings of a protein that serves as a cell's damage detection system, scientists at Johns ...
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Gaining More Understanding of Membrane Protein Organization

Understanding the best ways to get a membrane protein to its destination in a cell is crucial, and the best method to make this happen is still unclear. Cell-free systems allow for interactions ...
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Insights into the energy landscapes of chromosome organization proteins from coevolutionary sequence variation and structural modeling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 117, No. 5 (February 4, 2020), pp. 2241-2242 (2 pages) D. Krepel, A. Davtyan, N ...
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Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel

Efforts to unlock the mysteries of proteins, building blocks of life, have earned three scientists the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The prize goes to David Baker “for computational protein design,” ...
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Cryogenic single-molecule fluorescence annotations for electron tomography reveal in situ organization of key proteins in Caulobacter

Peter D. Dahlberg, Saumya Saurabh, Annina M. Sartor, Jiarui Wang, Patrick G. Mitchell, Wah Chiu, Lucy Shapiro, W. E. Moerner Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein known to science

And it’s giving the data away for free, which could spur new scientific discoveries. DeepMind says its AlphaFold tool has successfully predicted the structure of nearly all proteins known to science.