Scientists create method for designing proteins that can bind and sense a range of small molecules
From growth hormones to cancer drugs, small molecules play a crucial role in our health. Monitoring them is essential to ...
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HIV protein switch may help virus squeeze into host cell nucleus
"Those connection points are this protein/protein dimer … But we also know from [nuclear magnetic resonance experiments] … that that dimer has multiple conformations. And we can understand ...
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Dimerization of G-Protein Coupled Receptors
Protein-protein interactions govern a large number of biological processes. A number of cell surface and nuclear receptors mediate their actions via dimerization. While this has been well ...
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Protein design: Flexible components allow new architectures
By means of self-assembly, these dimers and trimers are then supposed ... could decisively advance the development of customized protein nanomaterials." More information: Alena Khmelinskaia ...