Protein 'dark energy' provides insight into form vs. function in structure

Astronomers use the term dark energy to refer to energy in the universe that is unaccounted for by ordinary matter but ...

Chemists determine structure of fuzzy coat that surrounds tau proteins

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain.
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Structure of Key Parkinson’s Disease Protein, PINK1, Seen for First Time

Scientists at Walter and Elizabeth Hall Institute (WEHI) have made what they describe as a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, solving a decades-long mystery by determining the ...
The Scientist

From Symphony to Structure: Listening to Proteins Fold

When a protein folds, its string of amino acids wiggles and jiggles through countless conformations before it forms a fully folded, functional protein. This rapid and complex process is hard to ...
New Atlas

AlphaFold 3 unlocks a new scientific era, mastering 'all of life's molecules'

Google DeepMind's groundbreaking new AI predicts not only the structure of proteins, ligands, DNA, RNA and "all of life's molecules," but how they'll interact. It promises a radical, revolutionary ...

Protein 101: Why it matters and how much you really need

Many people still don’t understand how protein works, why it matters or the best ways to get enough of it in their diet. Here ...
University of Geneva

A skin biopsy to detect a rare neurodegenerative disease

By determining the structure of the deposits responsible for transthyretin amyloidosis through a simple skin biopsy, scientists at UNIGE are paving the way for a new diagnostic method for ...