This article was originally published with the title “ The Chemical Structure of Proteins ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 204 No. 2 (February 1961), p. 81 doi:10.1038 ...

If the geometry and residue types in the predicted structures match a three-dimensional motif, then the protein is predicted to have the specified molecular function. The idea and its power ...

Because a protein’s structure helps determine its biological ... and cloud computing allow researchers to do a broad sweep of chemical space that was once impossible, Abel says.

MS, an experimental protocol combining high-resolution protein fractionation using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) with the latest mass spectrometry technology to enable highly ...

That is, until now. In a new study published in Nature, University of Missouri researchers have, for the first time, revealed ...

These DZBB assemblies serve as a versatile foundation for molecular ... for synthesizing proteins in cells. This evolutionary ...

Chromatin, the mix of DNA and protein that houses each cell's genome, is more resilient to aging than previously thought, suggests a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by ...

This damage results in naturally occurring chemical changes to the protein called post-translational modifications, or PTMs. By changing the physical and chemical structures of a protein, these ...