Proteins need a priority code in their address labels to efficiently enter cell powerhouses. New research shows this code helps them recruit a helper protein, TOMM34, speeding up delivery crucial for ...

Scientists have developed a membrane that can be tuned to selectively enhance or suppress ion flow, mimicking how living ...

In every living cell, there are membranes, and in every membrane there are proteins, each of which acts as a chemical ...

In every living cell, there are membranes, and in every membrane there are proteins, each of which acts as a chemical gatekeeper.Rather than passively ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Northwestern University have turned ...

PopA protein breaks structural rules, revealing new bacterial membrane behaviors, protein folding twists, and potential ...

Stem cell tech simulates ALS, quantum tools decode quasicrystals, and cancer exploits a human mutation—three breakthroughs ...

Small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel 2 (SK2) serves a variety of biological functions by coupling intracellular calcium dynamics with membrane potential. SK2 modulators are in ...

Integral membrane protein structure determination traditionally requires extraction from cell membranes using detergents or polymers. Here, we describe the isolation and structure determination of ...

Additionally, the rise in intracellular calcium may weaken electrostatic interactions between the Cavβ2e-NTv domain and phospholipids in the membrane bilayer, promoting the release of the protein from ...

Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to ...