Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By analyzing ancient protein sequences, researchers discovered that early life p ...

SMC proteins can reverse direction, reshaping DNA and solving key scientific debates. This discovery could impact research on ...

SMC proteins were thought to only move in one ... By doing so, they can pull DNA into a loop from both sides over time. We found this to be true for all types of SMC motors, of which there are ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details explaining how poxviruses manipulate host cells to enhance their ...

Researchers identified changes in the genetic code used to translate DNA into protein. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made an exciting discovery about how human cells protect DNA during ...

But in the case of people with Huntington’s disease, some of these helper proteins may be attacking and destabilizing not viruses but the patients’ own DNA. This happens in parts of human DNA that are ...

and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in ...

Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical motion by biasing the Brownian motion ... bringing the simulated performance closer to that of a motor protein. The engineered motor, with ...

Scientists have created a mega-database revealing how half a million different DNA mutations ... mutations in proteins in the lab. They then transferred the mutants into yeast cells and monitored ...

Researchers engineered a DNA-nanoparticle motor achieving 30 nm/s speed, enhancing performance to rival natural motor ...

Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical motion ... performance closer to that of a motor protein. The engineered motor, with redesigned DNA/RNA sequences and a 3.8-fold increase ...