Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in ...

The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Many biological processes are regulated by electricity—from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have characterized a hidden intermediate state at the center of Src ...

Scientists have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane. These lipids, known as phospholipids, are arranged in a bilayer of membranes, regulating ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Every second, as we breathe, sleep, eat and go about our lives, millions of biochemical reactions are happening in our cells. Among the hurly ...

Researchers in Japan have shown that the mitochondrial protein COX7RP extends healthy lifespan in mice by enhancing ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...