Nanotubes enable travel of Huntington's protein
(Scripps Research Institute) Nanotube tunnels extend like bridges for the toxic Huntington's disease protein, and spring back after delivery, a new study finds.
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Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding
(Kanazawa University) Researchers led by Kanazawa University developed a transgenic approach to inactivating the mosquito salivary protein AAPP. Transgenic mosquitoes showed significantly longer probing and prediuresis times, and worse feeding succes...
Study: Protein key to charcot-marie-tooth, other nerve diseases
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A new study provides critical insight into a little-known, yet relatively common, inherited neurological condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The findings point to a pathway to possible treatments for this disea...
New protein for gene editing may improve disease treatment, sustainable manufacturing
(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers have developed a method that uses the protein Argonaute from Natronobacterium gregoryi (NgAgo) and supplied DNA for gene editing.
Programmable 'Legos' of DNA and protein building blocks create novel 3D cages
(Arizona State University) The central goal of nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on an atomic or molecular scale, especially to build microscopic devices or structures. Three-dimensional cages are one of the most important targets, both...
Supercomputers help supercharge protein assembly
(University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center) Using proteins derived from jellyfish, scientists assembled a complex sixteen protein structure composed of two stacked octamers by supercharging alone. This research could be applied t...
The Protein Society announces its 2019 award recipients
(The Protein Society) The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of the 2019 Protein Society Awards, which will be conferred at its 33rd Annual Symposium (June 30 - July 3, i...
Two papers describe how a membrane protein can move both lipids and ions
(University of Groningen) The TMEM16 family of membrane proteins was hailed as representing the elusive calcium-activated chloride channels. However, the majority of the family members turned out to be scramblases, proteins that shuffle lipids betwee...
Genes that evolve from scratch expand protein diversity
(University of Chicago Medical Center) A new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution led by scientists from the University of Chicago challenges one of the classic assumptions about how new proteins evolve.
Despite America's protein craze, adults are still missing the mark according to new study
(GCI Health NY) Research reveals more than 1 in 3 Americans 50+ aren't meeting the recommended protein intake and it's saying a lot about their diets and healthTiming matters -- eating protein evenly throughout the day, and even before bedt...