A recent study from the University of Würzburg unveiled a key enzyme involved in producing selenoproteins, opening new strategies for treating certain types of cancer in children.

Over the years, chemical biology methods have made an important contribution to the study of integral membrane proteins. A ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, in collaboration with colleagues at Tohoku University, have identified a specific redox ...

In much the same way that doors and windows allow necessities to enter the house, various proteins that span the cell membrane permit ... often energy-rich carrier molecules.

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins. It occurs down a concentration gradient - molecules move from an area of high to ...

The Leismhania membrane protein KMP-11 facilitates parasite invasion into macrophages through cholesterol transport from the ...

The protein remains bioactive in the cell and can carry out its ... A small-molecule carrier for the intracellular delivery of a membrane-impermeable protein with retained bioactivity, Proceedings ...

Supports and strengthens cell? Cell membrane Selectively permeable double layer of lipid and protein molecules? All cell types ? Fluid enclosed by the cell membrane, containing organelles and ...

Researchers from the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) led by Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sören Brandenburg have identified a protein that plays a central role in the heart's adaptation ...

In humans, the main molecular energy carrier is adenosine triphosphate (ATP). It is critical for cellular functions all over ...