Science news articles about 'stability of proteins'

... also know as nAChR, contains internal sites capable of containing cholesterol which serve to stabilize the protein's structure. Furthermore, molecular simulations revealed that both surface sites and ...

... damage to their functionality and often safety. Scientists are now searching for ways to increase the stability of proteins. In new research published Feb. 5 in the online Early Edition of the ...

... coils of amino acids, and has often been used as a model system to study protein structure and stability. The protein has been found in two different conformations: the "anti" wild type (natural) ...

... a variety of approaches to probe beta-catenin's role in fear memory formation, such as stabilizing the protein with a pulse of the psychiatric drug lithium and injecting a virus that could remove the ...

... that stimulates insulin secretion in the pancreas. Drugs currently are on the market that attempt to stabilize this protein in people with diabetes, and therapies aimed at increased production are ...

... . ** M.T. Cicerone and C.L. Soles. Fast dynamics and stabilization of proteins: Binary glasses of trehalose and glycerol. Biophysical Journal 2004, 86, 3836-3845.

... PTEN protein to prevent breast cancer development," said lead author Shiaw-Yih Lin, ... tumors. In the laboratory, researchers found Rak can stabilize PTEN protein and function as a tumor suppressor gene ...

... now have shown this isn't always the case, and their results may have profound implications for the stability of proteins to mechanical stress and the design of new high-tech polymers. "Our findings ...