Mutation of Lis1, a key dynein regulator, can lead to the rare mental developmental disorder lissencephaly, or “smooth brain,” where the brain’s surface lacks the normal folds and grooves, for which ...

Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to carting protein instructions to disposing of cellular garbage. These highways ...

Motor protein structure describes the structure of molecular motors capable of moving along a cytoskeletal filament. In many cases, motor proteins transport cargo in a particular direction along ...

In the past decade, protein Lys acetylation has emerged as a major post-translational modification that occurs even in bacteria. This modification not only regulates chromatin-templated nuclear ...