Quality control inside the cell: How rescue proteins dispose of harmful messages
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
The ability to dispose of proteins that are either aberrant or (in the worst case) toxic is fundamental to a cell's survival. Researchers have been able to demonstrate the manner in which two specific proteins recognize defective messenger RNAs (molecules that carry the 'assembly instructions' for protein synthesis) and trigger their destruction.