Scientists Discover How a Protein Finds Its Way

Monday, April 29, 2013 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered how an enzyme co-factor can bestow specificity on a class of proteins with otherwise nonspecific biochemical activity. Proteins can have more than one function, but they often need to be very specific in their action or they create cellular havoc, possibly leading to disease.

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