Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

A molecular detection system was realized using the change in the characteristics of the kinesin-coated bead motion along protein-attached microtubules. A hybrid bio/microfluidics device with a ...

They analyzed the protein–nanoparticle interactions using thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and circular dichroism (CD).

Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), offering new hope for treating the devastating ...

Here, motor proteins dynein and kinesin KIFC1 are found to be differentially required for retrograde transport of early endosomes vs late endosome/lysosomes towards microtubule (MT) minus ends.

Protein–protein interactions are no longer considered undruggable because of the conceptual and technical advances that allow inhibitors to be generated using rational design principles and ...

Researchers in the UK and in Japan have described these motor proteins as ‘swinging on monkey bars’, A Sept. 14, 2015 news item on Nanowerk provides more information about the motor protein ...

The motor protein does not start moving right away, though. Another adaptor protein does have to connect to a dynein to make it start walking, but it can be any dynein adaptor protein—not just ...

A protein found in our cells has emerged as a secret weapon against biological aging, acting like a glue to repair damaged DNA and ward off neurological degeneration including that seen in motor ...

Poorly energized mitochondria trap a subpopulation of mitochondrial precursor proteins in the intermembrane space. This article introduces ‘mitochondrial triage of precursor proteins’ (MitoTraP) as a ...