Protein Structure: is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule. ... Proteins form by amino acids undergoing condensation reactions, in which the amino acids lose one water molecule per reaction in order to attach to one another with a peptide bond.
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Date: April 27, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Abnormal accumulation of misfolded tau protein in filaments characterizes more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases—c...
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (AD, PD) are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders. Despite their debilitating effects and increasing prevalence in our society, no...
Date: March 09, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CEST) Transmission electron microscopy reveals the architecture of cells at nanometer resolution, but chemical fixation severe...
The explosion of biomedical data such as in genomics, structure biology and pharmacology can provide new opportunities to improve our understanding of human physiology and disease. Understan...
Date: November 08, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CET) Many enzymes form homomeric complexes comprised of subunits encoded by the same gene. Assembly into homomeric...
Date: October 14, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) Heterologous protein expression in model organisms has many applications, including protein engineering, production of industrial enz...
Self-amplifying RNA replicons are promising candidates for next generation vaccines against human coronaviruses with pandemic potential. Self-amplification of RNAs in host cells generates mo...
The misfolding of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) such as tau and α-synuclein (αSyn) has been associated with the on-set and progression of Alzheimer’s (AD) and Pa...
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (AD, PD) are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders. Despite their debilitating effects and increasing prevalence in society, no cur...