Hippocampal dentate gyrus in HSHA mice, showing significant astrocyte activation (GFAP: white) and oxidative stress (8OHdG: green) surrounding the cerebral capillaries (laminin-a4: magenta). Nuclei staining…
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Biomolecular imaging reveals the structure of a type of enzyme called Enoyl-CoA carboxylases/reductases. These enzymes, which are involved with photosynthesis, are extremely effective at fixing…
Figure 1: A photo showing 1,3-butadiene produced from bacteria. Credit: © 2021 Yokohama Rubber Microbes are engineered to convert sugar into a chemical found in…
University of Washington and Microsoft researchers have introduced a new class of reporter proteins that can be directly read by a commercially available nanopore sensing…
The glycan gate opens: Supercomputing-driven simulations depict the glycan N343 (magenta) acting as a molecular crowbar to pry open the SARS-CoV-2 spike’s receptor binding domain,…
Trimeric structure of an ancient enzyme from Odin archaea, with substrate molecules shown in green. Credit: Magnus Wolf-Watz “The distinction between the past, present, and…
Adults infected with SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Previous to…
Researchers identified a potential new target for malaria drugs: an enzyme called acetyl-CoA synthetase found in plasmodium. This 3D artistic illustration depicts blood cells, including…
Study authors (from left to right) Andrew K. Lau, Thomas Eng, and Deepanwita Banerjee stand in front of a two-liter bioreactor containing P. putida cells…
Postdoctoral fellow Yunjun Zhao, the lead author on the paper, and Brookhaven Lab biochemist Chang-Jun Liu with poplar plants in the greenhouse at Brookhaven National…
Ph.D. candidate Vasin Dumrongprechachan captures protein expression in the mouse brain for mass spectrometry analysis, visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Images shows a sagittal cross section…
3D illustration of an RNA chain. Credit: Christopher Burgstedt/Getty Images Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently unveiled their discovery of a new process…
Russian chemists obtained new molecules of the indolyl- and pyrrolylazine series. Credit: UrFU / Anastasia Kurshpel Scientists obtained substances that provide a breakthrough in the…
The reactions involved in the FIND-IT assay to detect infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. When the Cas13 enzyme (left) binds to its target RNA, it…
ORNL researchers found the papain-like protease (in orange) can bind to the human interferon-stimulated gene 15 protein (in blue) in multiple ways and shapes. Credit:…
Despite having very similar amino acid sequences, two forms of the protein actin have distinct roles in the body. A Penn Vet-led team showed that…
Complex Molecules Could Hold the Secret to Identifying Alien Life A new system capable of identifying complex molecular signatures could aid in the search for…
The team’s experimental water-splitting apparatus. Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin For decades, researchers around the world have searched for…
Protein structures to represent the data obtained via AlphaFold. Credit: Karen Arnott/EMBL-EBI DeepMind and EMBL release the most complete database of predicted 3D structures of…
Artistic rendering of dying cells protecting their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity. Holes in epithelium created by uncoordinated cell death are shown in purple. Credit:…