Food protein powders are complex mixtures made of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Even the same kind of protein powders can vary in nutritional and processing characteristics based on the origin ...

Recently identified and long-lasting type of protein misfolding — non-native entanglements — observed in all-atom protein folding simulations. Representative misfolded conformations of the small ...

LA JOLLA, CA – July 12, 2012 –Readers of the top-ranked scientific journals Science and Nature might have noticed a recent wave of articles, most recently in the July 13, 2012 issue of Science, with ...

A research group has found a new class of proteins in the red algae Cyanidioschyzon merolae that are involved in moving proteins across the membranes of chloroplasts -- subcompartments that conduct ...

Decades ago scientists identified a particular class of proteins driving illnesses from cancer to neurodegenerative disease. These “intrinsically disordered proteins” (IDPs) looked different from the ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avilar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on extracellular protein degradation, today announced a scientific poster presentation highlighting ATACs ...

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease.

One new project will examine the nervous system of the octopus, one of several understudied areas funded by the new awards. (UW Photo) The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen ...

Every Monday night—travel schedules permitting—Stuart Schreiber and Ramnik Xavier meet with a small team of researchers at Jnana Therapeutics, a company they cofounded, to discuss the start-up’s ...

Molecular glues are revolutionizing cancer therapy by targeting undruggable proteins for degradation, enhancing precision ...