Mayo Clinic discovers new role for protein to fight tumors
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a new role that a specific protein plays in regulating cell resistance and fighting tumors in certain types of cancer.
How a small but mighty protein protects a life-sustaining enzyme
Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04108-4 The enzyme nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen gas to form bioavailable ammonia, a vital process for life. Two studies solve a long-standing mystery: how a small protein saves nitrogenase from destruction by oxygen.
Author Correction: Ab initio characterization of protein molecular dynamics with AI2BMD
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Are you getting enough protein?
Getty Images Are you getting too much protein, not enough or just the right amount? The answer? It depends. Your gender, age, activities, use of weight-loss medication or supplements and other factors can affect your protein needs. Here are some answers to your questions about protein needs: Are you getting too much protein? Contrary to […]
Scientists engineer stable protein complexes for targeted cancer therapies
Credit: ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c09220 Researchers from Auburn University, partnering with the University of Basel in Switzerland, have discovered a new way to make a cancer-targeting protein complex more stable, opening doors to better cancer treatments. Led by Dr. Rafael Bernardi from Auburn’s Department of Physics and Dr. Michael Nash from the Department of […]
Fat keeps metabolism in tune and on time using an inflammatory immune protein
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 06 November 2024 The body’s clock is essential for anticipating daily environmental changes. Surprisingly, clock genes are highly expressed in innate immune cells that produce the inflammatory protein interleukin-17A, particularly in body fat. The clock drives a rhythmic production of this protein, which in turn contributes to the metabolic rhythms of fat.
The huge protein database that spawned AlphaFold and biology’s AI revolution
Crystallographer Helen Berman co-founded the Protein Data Bank in the 1960s. Credit: Rutgers University The 2024 Nobels were all about artificial intelligence (AI). Pioneers of computer neural networks underlying AI scooped the physics prize , and chemistry went to two scientists who developed the revolutionary AlphaFold protein-structure prediction tool and one who pioneered protein design […]
Why does meat have more protein than vegetables?
It’s well known that vegetarians and vegans need to work a little harder to get their protein. Even popular meat replacements often aren’t as protein-dense as their animal-based counterparts; for example, tofu has about 8 grams of protein per 100 gramswhereas chicken breast has 31 grams. But why, on a biological level, does meat generally […]