Inside every human cell, proteins are constantly being tagged with small chemical modifications after they're produced. Known ...

New research reveals that subtle chemical changes to proteins after synthesis play a critical role in determining ...

Citrullination, a post-translational modification of proteins catalysed by peptidyl-arginine-deiminase (PAD) enzymes, plays a critical role in the formation ...

Respiratory infections, pink eye, or an upset stomach may seem like unrelated, mild inconveniences, but all of these ailments share one root cause: adenovirus infection. Many of us will encounter some ...

This listicle covers the fundamentals and latest innovations in western blotting, including automated workflows, single-cell ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Imagine riding a bike. Now imagine riding a bike with an enormous beach ball stuck on your handlebars. That "modification" might change your experience quite a bit. In our cells, ...

Citrullination, a transformative protein post-translational modification, is gaining recognition for its wide-ranging impact on cellular function and human disease. This process, driven by the enzyme ...

An AI model that reveals how protein modifications link genetic mutations to disease has been developed. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA) have developed an AI model that reveals how ...

What Are Proteoforms and Why Do They Matter? For decades, scientists assumed that each gene produces just one stable protein. Modern proteomic investigations suggest otherwise. Recent studies have ...