Evolutionary biochemistry aims to dissect the evolutionary processes and physical mechanisms by which biological molecules diversified and to reveal how their physical architecture facilitates and ...

Researchers have identified a new function of a well-known enzyme: the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the quality control of membrane proteins. The discovery of this new function for a ...

Proteins and peptides form the cornerstone of cellular function, serving not only as essential catalysts and structural components but also as mediators of signalling and regulation in health and ...

University of Toronto scientists are helping to answer one of the most important questions in biochemistry, one that has implications for treating neurodegenerative diseases: how do proteins fold into ...

Hongjin Zheng, Ph.D., is a distinguished biophysicist specializing in the structural and functional characterization of disease-related membrane proteins across eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems. His ...

Every organism's genome contains mutations that often have unknown biological effects. In partnership with Stanford ...

The Biochemistry and Proteomics Laboratories at Clarkson University receives funding from National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R15CA260126. Doctors may ...

Scientists have long struggled to target proteins that lack defined structure and are involved in cancer, neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease, and other serious illnesses. Now, a new ...

Being green is a matter of life or death for Tettigonia cantans. Also known as upland green bush crickets, these insects’ green hue lets them hide from predators in the fens, marshes, mountain meadows ...