Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Lysosomes – membrane-bound structures within each cell of humans and all animals – are sometimes known as the cells' "garbage disposals" or "cellular janitors." The structures are ...

Two recently published studies led by Brazilian scientists reveal the key roles of multifunctional proteins, STIP1 and Maspin ...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how fat cells grow in size, in response to accommodating larger ...

In a study published in the journal Nucleic Acid Research, a research team at Karolinska Institutet has performed a ...

A collaboration unveils a novel strategy for identifying key proteins in organelle communication. This approach advances our ability to pinpoint proteins essential for organelle interactions within ...

Protein arginylation is an evolutionarily conserved post‐translational modification whereby arginine is covalently attached to specific residues on target proteins. Mediated principally by the enzyme ...

Proteins are often called the building blocks of cells, but even those building blocks need to be built. One of the most ...

Every function in a cell is associated with a particular protein or group of proteins, typically in a well-defined ...

Around 80% of proteins involved in diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative illnesses do not have a stable structure. These ...

A discovery by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in the US could lead to treatments that clear the troublesome ...