A new study led by a pair of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of polymer on its head, greatly expanding understanding of ...

Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion.

Historically, small molecule drugs have been precisely designed down to the atomic scale. Considering their relatively large complex structures, nanomedicines have lagged behind. Researchers argue ...

Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal cellular functions. The DNA blueprint is carefully read, transcribed, and ...

In the fight against diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, scientists have long struggled to predict how certain ...

Each monomer of the tetrameric NA head is composed of a six ... the intrinsic tryptophan or tyrosine fluorescence resulting from alterations in the 3D structure of proteins as a function of ...

More information: Vineeta Kaushik et al, CryoEM structure and small-angle X-ray scattering analyses of porcine retinol-binding protein 3, Open Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsob.240180 Journal ...

Scientists have for the first time looked deep into the protein structure that may determine our vision - and discovered that it is much more dynamic than previously thought. RBP3 not only changes ...

Collagen is the most abundant protein in animals and crucial for maintaining the structural and functional integrity of the extracellular matrix. Its primary structure consists of ∼300 repeats of the ...

The application of deep learning algorithms in protein structure prediction has greatly influenced drug discovery and development. Accurate protein structures are crucial for understanding biological ...