The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

A "pocket" on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct ...

Here we explore peptide inhibitors of Cdc20, a substrate-recognition subunit and activator of the E3 ubiquitin ligase the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) that is essential in mitosis and ...

Researchers of Mainz University and EMBL Hamburg present a new approach to determine the form of disordered proteins by using two different methods simultaneously in a single sample.

Frizzled (FZD) proteins are the principal receptors of the Wnt signaling pathway. However, whether Wnt ligands induce FZD endocytosis and degradation remains elusive. The transmembrane E3 ubiquitin ...

Sialic acids are a family of alpha-keto acid sugars with a nine-carbon backbone, functioning as terminal sugars on cell ... of Neu5Ac produces various amino sugar derivatives such as N ...

Like any Linux beginner, I felt a bit intimidated by the Linux Terminal when I first switched to Linux. However, as I began exploring and learning some basic terminal commands, things started to ...

Omega-3 fatty acids are one of two types of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Due to their anti-inflammatory properties, omega-3 fatty acids are considered the healthier type. Omega-3 fatty acids are found ...

Missense mutations are genetic alterations arising from the substitution of a single base pair (bp) in an amino acid (aa) sequence with a different base pair, resulting in the translation of a ...