There have been many attempts to classify proteins into groups of related molecules in terms of their primary, secondary and tertiary structure. An overview of these classification schemes is ...

Medically reviewed by Suzanne Fisher, RD Protein is crucial for maintaining a healthy and well-functioning body. It plays a ...

Studying the structure and shape of a protein, rather than its sequence, is considered to be an eloquent way of determining function.

A major scientific advance in protein modeling developed by Microsoft Research AI for Science, has been published in Science.

Tau protein is an essential component to neuronal function. Tau dysfunction often begins with disrupted microtubule-binding, which destabilizes microtubules, impairing neuronal structure and transport ...

For most proteins, structure is function. The complex three-dimensional shapes that proteins adopt create folds and pockets that can accomplish the remarkably improbable: driving chemical ...

Researchers have solved the structure and elucidated the function of photosynthetic complex I. This membrane protein complex plays a major role in dynamically rewiring photosynthesis.

The tertiary structure of proteins is such that it is suited to the function of the protein. Proteins function in different environments, and thus each protein has different requirements.

By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists have for the first time simultaneously observed the structure and the correlated function of specific proteins critical in ...

New structures discovered within cilia show a relationship between certain proteins and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. The discovery, made at the University of Minnesota, was named paper of the week ...