A naturally-occurring protein that tends to be expressed at higher levels in breast cancer cells boosts the effectiveness of ...

Last year, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, developed a novel "molecular crowbar" strategy to degrade ...

Proteins and peptides form the cornerstone of cellular function, serving not only as essential catalysts and structural components but also as mediators of signalling and regulation in health and ...

David Baker, Nobel Prize laureate and UW biochemistry professor, detailed the design and applications of new proteins using ...

Study finds protein traits and CHO-cell gene programs drive therapeutic protein yields, guiding biomanufacturing.

Ion channels generate electrical impulses produced by living cells. Synthetic ion channels could serve as tools for ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Juntendo University have identified a previously unknown structural domain in ...

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,” ...

Scientists have discovered a secret switch in your brain that controls hunger, revealing a potential new path to treating ...

Titin, the largest known protein in the human body, spans half of the sarcomere and plays essential roles in muscle elasticity, active and passive force regulation, and mechanosensing, thereby ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...