The sewing machine-like mechanism that weaves most of the protein helices into the membrane was deciphered decades ago. As part of the embedding process, the ribosome—the cell's protein ...

These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such as replication and transcription. Taking the motor proteins as an ...

Membrane proteins are proteins found in cell membranes, either at the surface or on intracellular organelles. Integral membrane proteins such as receptors and ion channels span the membrane.

For example, adsorption of nanodiscs on nanosized cell surfaces, binding of chemically synthesized lipids (i.e., biotinylation) to high affinity sites on the streptavidin surface, or interaction ...

coli MVs with an anti-HER2 affibody on their surface could selectively deliver their contents to tumor cells. Thus, engineering MVs involves investigating both outer membrane protein adhesion for the ...

Scientists from Rice University and their collaborators have unveiled a groundbreaking technique to combat cancer cells, ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication ...

Chen et al. (35) reported the development of an omniphobic–photothermal nanocomposite membrane with carbon black nanoparticles deposited. Their study demonstrated that the solar energy utilization ...

A new technology developed at MIT enables scientists to label proteins across millions of individual cells in fully intact 3D tissues with unprecedented speed, uniformity, and versatility.

Jan. 17, 2025 — A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer ...

Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi, PR China ...