Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 16:42
in Biology & Nature
LA JOLLA, CA, June 19, 2009 -- Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, San Diego, and Ohio State University have used a very sensitive fluorescence technique to find that a bacterial protein thought to exist in one "natural" three-dimensional structure (shape), can actually twist itself into a second form, depending on the protein's chemical environment.
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