Detailed structure of key hearing protein points way to optimizing gene therapies for deafness

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...
Live Science

DeepMind's AI program AlphaFold3 can predict the structure of every protein in the universe — and show how they function

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Scientists unlock new patterns of protein behavior in cell membranes

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the ...
Nature

Rare ‘ambidextrous’ protein breaks rules of handedness

Scientists have discovered an ancient protein that has the rare property of being ‘ambidextrous’ — it can function in mirror-image forms. The molecule could be a relic of a time when life based on ...
NPR

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their breakthrough work predicting and designing the structure of proteins, the ...