BrainCan - biochemistry

methods used to create textiles also could help...

Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and...

formation of the browning pigment melanin decoded

Melanin is a pigment which is present in nearly all life forms and that determines hair and skin...

built in protective mechanism against...

The protein Interleukin-6 (IL-6) can retract on different functions in cells,depending on how it...

crystal structure of pkg i suggests a new...

Protein kinases,most scientists would agree, regulate nearly every aspect of cell life. It is no...

tyrosinase inhibitors from terrestrial and marine...

Tyrosinase is a multifunctional copper-containing enzyme widely distributed in microorganisms as...

why is usain bolt the fastest person on earth?...

Twenty metres before the finish line Usain Bolt already opens his arms in triumph and ramps up his...

scientists determine structure of enzyme linked...

Scientists occupy captured atomic level snapshots showing how one key enzyme modifies a protein...

sugar derivatives in meteorites shows enantiomeric...

(Phys.org)—Chiral molecules can be found in chemically equivalent left-handed (L) and right-handed...

discovery of molecular protection linked to a...

Knowledge of the minute details of the proteins that are linked to diseases is crucial whether we...

structure of an enzyme that pathogenic bacteria...

(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has revealed for the first time,the structure of...

study visualizes proteins involved in cancer cell...

Scientists using a technology called cryo-EM (cryo-electron microscopy) have broken through a...

the origins of abiotic species

How can life originate from a lifeless chemical soup? This question has puzzled scientists since...

newly discovered features of collagen may help...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health are reporting unusual,unexpected details about the...

disjointed: cell differences may explain why...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine,with colleagues in...

dna scrunching could be new target for antiviral...

Vaccines have saved countless lives since their first utilize more than 200 years ago. But...

researchers discover the hidden potential of...

Prostate cancer,Alzheimer's, Parkinson's...these three diseases are associated with...

deadly bacteria share weapons to outsmart...

Bacteria are rapidly developing resistance mechanisms to combat even the most effective antibiotics....

3 d images of megaenzymes may lead to improved...

Taking clear pictures of megaenzymes isn't easy. But it's definitely worth it. These...

evidence for carcinogenic chromium(vi) compounds...

Chromium supplements are widely consumed for their antidiabetic activity as chromium(III) enhances...

replication of enzyme nucleotide chimeras

DNA polymerases are the "Xerox machines" that replicate our DNA. They must work with great precision...

combined approach used to investigate photophysics...

A substance squeezed from a jellyfish found off the western coast of North America has transformed...

a minimalist theory to predict protein movements

Proteins are large molecules that carry out all basic cell functions. In order to achieve this,they...

study offers a new route to design the cellular...

Proteins are nature's machines. They provide oxygen to power our muscles,catalyze reactions...

simple mechanism may have allowed primitive cells...

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team investigating how the earliest stages of life...

chemists discover how a single enzyme maintains a...

Cell survival depends on having a plentiful and balanced pool of the four chemical building blocks...

how did phosphate get into rna?

The phosphate ion is almost insoluble and is one of the most inactive of soil's most abundant...

iron catalysts can modify amino acids, peptides to...

For medicinal chemists,making tweaks to peptide structures is key to developing new drug candidates....

tuned gels reveal molecules that drive stem cell...

By monitoring stem cell differentiation on gels that mimic the stiffness and nanofibrous structure...

researchers generate elegant way of pinpointing...

A collaborative effort by cancer researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and chemists at...

bacteria perfected protein complexes more than 3.5...

Researchers are resurrecting ancient bacterial protein complexes to determine how...

using the deuterium switch to understand how...

(Phys.org)—The market value for deuterated drugs has recently been estimated at over a billion...

chemists offer more evidence of rna as the origin...

(Phys.org)—A team of chemists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich has shown how the purines...

a molecular switch to better understand signaling

In the alphabets of our genomes,a single typo can mean the incompatibility between health and...

the jumping frenchmen of maine and the ineluctable...

(Phys.org)—The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine is a puzzling neurological syndrome named after a few...

cellular light switch analysed using neutron...

The internal movements of proteins can be valuable for their functionality; researchers are...

examining how terrestrial lifes building blocks...

How did life begin? This is one of the most fundamental questions scientists puzzle over. To address...

measuring forces in the dna molecule

DNA,our genetic fabric, normally has the structure of a twisted rope ladder. Experts call this...

detailed structure of cells garbage disposal unit...

Cancer cells are more dependent on a cellular rubbish disposal unit—the proteasome—than healthy...

new protocol enables analysis of metabolic...

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München enjoy developed a new mass spectrometry imaging method...

unsilencing silenced genes by crispr cas9

The ability to control gene expression in cells allows scientists to understand gene function and...

dietary fiber and microbes change the gel that...

In the ongoing hustle and bustle of our intestines,where bacteria and food regularly intermingle,...

a new way to create macrolides—from...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Harvard University has found a way to create new macrolidesa...

scientists make receptor discoveries that pave the...

New structural information obtained with the relieve of intense X-rays generated by Diamond Light...

solved: first crystal structure of a transcription...

In a study published on 28 March 2016 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

converting e. coli into a pharmaceutical factory

(Phys.org)—Taxol is the most well-known anti-cancer drug,and has proven remarkably effective...

scientists take steps to make weak tb drugs strong...

Biophysicists absorb discovered why the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) are naturally somewhat...

cleaning wastewater with pond scum

A blob of algae scooped from a fountain on South Street almost two years ago,has seeded a crop of...

scientists capture the elusive structure of...

Using a powerful combination of techniques from biophysics to mathematics,researchers own revealed...

the unique biology of human breast milk

Humans may have the most complex breast milk of all mammals. Milk from a human mother contains more...

chemists develop new strategy to synthesize...

A team of researchers led by Professor Pauline Chiu from Department of Chemistry,the University of...

solved protein structure holds key to much needed...

Phenylketonuria,also known as PKU, is the most common inherited disease affecting amino acid...

copper is key in burning fat: scientist says...

A original study is further burnishing copper's reputation as an fundamental nutrient for human...

why cancer drugs cant take the pressure

A major reason why cancer drugs fail is that they cannot penetrate the tall-pressure environment of...

scientists harness natures transport system to the...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have derived a structural model of a transporter...

plastic proteins: synthetic material mimics...

Researchers hoping to design new materials for energy uses gain developed a system to invent...

diffuse data integrated in 3 d to reveal dynamics...

A new 3-D modeling and data-extraction technique is approximately to convert the field of X-ray...

hydrogels can put stem cells to sleep

Unlike normal cells,stem cells are pluripotent—they can become any cell type, which makes them...

new study using cryo electron microscopy shows how...

A new study shows that it is possible to employ an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy...

weve been wrong about the origins of life for 90...

For nearly nine decades,science's favorite explanation for the origin of life has been the...

study finds enzyme cannibalizes itself to perform...

When Martin McLaughlin '15 arrived at MIT as a freshman in the fall of 2011,he had a plot in...

why do antidepressants take so long to work?

An episode of major depression can be crippling,impairing the ability to sleep, work, or eat. In...

new microfluidic device offers means for studying...

Researchers at MIT's research middle in Singapore beget developed a new microfluidic device...

neutron reflectivity gives insight to the role of...

IIn 2013 the UN published a report estimating that by 2050 over 20% of the world's population...

sugar transforms a traditional chinese medicine...

More than 20 years ago,a billboard in China piqued the interest of a chemical biologist. It endorsed...

structure of mammalian protein complex of...

The mitochondrial complex I plays a central role in cellular respiration and energy metabolism. The...

controlling the amount of heparan sulphate - a...

Heparan sulphate occurs as carbohydrate chains which are very important for human body cells both...

force triggers gene expression by stretching...

How genes in our DNA are expressed into traits within a cell is a complicated mystery with many...

symmetry crucial for building key biomaterial...

Collagen makes up the cartilage in our knee joints,the vessels that transport our blood, and is a...

researchers develop a small molecule switch to...

From growing teeth,bones, and tissue in skin and organs to creating enzymes and hormones, and...

thousands on one chip: new method to study...

Since the completion of the human genome an critical goal has been to elucidate the function of the...

silk protein used to air dry blood samples for...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Tufts University has developed a modern way to store blood...

snake venom composition could be related to...

Many people are afraid of snakes,but scientists are now revealing insights about their venoms that...

researchers decode metabolic pathway of soil...

Abundant,chock full of energy and bound so tightly that the only way to release its energy is...

new big data approach predicts drug toxicity in...

Researchers can now predict the odds of experimental drugs succeeding in clinical trials,thanks to a...

new model may help solve the mystery of how...

unusual measurements may enjoy lifted the veil on the vexingly elusive interactions through which...

role of amyloids in type ii diabetes

A collaboration between Los Alamos,Yale University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute published...

study finds new enzyme with structure that could...

The heart is the only muscle that contracts and relaxes continuously over a lifetime to pump...

tarantula toxins offer key insights into...

When your dentist injects lidocaine into your gums,the drug blocks the pain of the oncoming drill,...

new drug against nerve agents in sight

The nerve agent sarin causes a deadly overstimulation of the nervous system that can be stopped if...

promising drug leads identified to combat heart...

Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample,in millisecond time intervals, proteins in...

slowly pulling proteins apart reveals unexpected...

Proteins are long strings of amino acids jumbled together like earphones left inside of a pocket for...

better understanding of light harvesting may...

Research at ANSTO has helped to reveal insights into a molecular mechanism for harvesting light in...

amyloid probes gain powers in search for...

A metallic molecule being studied at Rice University begins to glow when bound to amyloid protein...

targeted orphaned domain may lead to drug...

By studying an orphaned domain considered disordered by others,Michaela Jansen, Ph.D., and associate...

yellow as the sunrise

What is it that walnut leaves,mushrooms and Coreopsis enjoy in common? An enzyme that is also...

biochemists discovery could lead to vaccine...

Biochemists at the University of California San Diego absorb uncovered patterns in the outer protein...

a faster and cheaper way to produce new...

A novel way of synthesising a promising novel antibiotic has been identified by scientists at the...

kinetic analysis challenges theories of chemistry...

Kinetic and thermodynamic considerations reported by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of...

advanced magnetic resonance imaging technology to...

The need to non-invasively 'see' and track cells in living persons is indeniable - a boon...

pyridine based antitumor compounds acting at the...

Tubulin inhibitors are amongst the most successful anti-cancer,anti-parasitic and herbicidal agents....

breaking cell barriers with retractable protein...

The ability to control the transfer of molecules through cellular membranes is an important function...

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