Two key protein structures in the body are being visualized for the first time, thanks in part to the latest technology in ...

Acyl carrier protein (ACP) plays a central role in fatty acid biosynthesis, acting as a molecular "shuttle" that carries, protects, and delivers elongating acyl chains to various enzymatic partners.

For a long time, scientists depended on luck to find new proteins. In 1840, for example, Friedrich Ludwig Hünefeld, a German ...

The human body is naturally equipped with defenses to fight off viral infections. For a virus to successfully infect it, it ...

Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, and Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health ...