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Chemistry World June 1, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Wider therapeutic possibilities for botulinum toxin Change to a single amino acid in botulinum toxin A causes it to target non-neuronal signalling proteins, potentially widening the product's therapeutic applications |
Chemistry World November 25, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Virus shells traps multiple proteins Scientists in The Netherlands have devised a way to pack large numbers of proteins into the empty shell of a virus. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Zwitterion approach to stabilizing drug proteins Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to stabilize and protect protein molecules without affecting the protein's biological activity. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2013 James Urquhart |
Hairy proteins survive stomach trip Swiss researchers have discovered a way to stabilize enzymes in the digestive tract by linking polymers to the enzymes. |
Prepared Foods February 2008 Sharon Book |
Article: Protein Ingredients for Health and Texture A variety of soy, dairy and egg proteins are available for the food formulator to obtain the desired texture in a food or beverage. |
Food Processing August 2007 Mark Anthony |
Nutrition Beyond the Trends: Connecting the Dots on Enzymes Lactase -- an enzyme that splits lactose into its constituent sugars, glucose and galactose -- can make short work of the lactose intolerance problem. |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Wet biochip preserves proteins Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have produced a hydrogel material that makes it possible for proteins to survive aboard labs-on-a-chip. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
'Super-yeast' tackles unnatural proteins Researchers in the US have engineered yeast cells to produce large amounts of proteins containing unnatural amino acids (UAAs) - a feat that has previously only been possible with bacteria. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
pH prompts protein structure US researchers studying the naturally-occurring amyloid protein Pmel17 have discovered that pH plays an important role in its structure, helping the body control its aggregation. |
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 |
DNA has nano building in hand Researchers from Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany have built a simple molecular machine from DNA that can bind to and release single molecules of a specific type of protein. |
Prepared Foods May 1, 2006 |
Whey in RTD Beverages Whey proteins are frequently being included an ingredient of choice in protein-fortified drinks. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2013 Laura Howes |
Antifreeze protein's watery dance Most animals left in -30 C temperatures wouldn't last very long. Not only would they get hypothermia, but the water in their bodies would start to freeze. Some animals and plants, however, use antifreeze proteins to keep ice at bay. |
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 |
Protein traps nanoparticles Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have adapted a tubular bacterial protein for technological applications by coaxing it to combine with individual luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
A cytochrome from scratch Artificial proteins could be closer to participating in natural biochemical pathways after researchers show that bacteria will process amino acid sequences entirely unrelated to any natural protein to produce a fully functioning cytochrome. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Modified protein binders give shortcut to drugs The method, which involves attaching polypeptides to the binders, could help reduce the work required to develop protein binders into safer drugs. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2011 |
A New Spin on Protein NMR A new technique will allow researchers to study protein structure in greater detail using NMR. |
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley |
Protein Crystals Trapped Researchers have developed a new technique for crystallizing proteins, which could open up a whole range of materials to this powerful analytical technique. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Tying up spider silk's loose ends The way spider silk proteins can be stored as a fluid but spun instantly into fibres is all down to their end parts, European scientists have discovered. |
Chemistry World September 29, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Protein folding: knotted or not A new study may help scientists unravel the complex problem of protein folding. The study suggests knotted proteins, which present a particular challenge to folding experts, could be untied with a couple of well-targeted tugs. |
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley |
Proteins' Web of Intrigue An investigative look into what makes spider silk so strong. |
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile US scientists have developed a sensor system for profiling the protein content of human blood serum without needing individual receptors for each separate protein. |
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls |
Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper. |
CIO May 1, 2003 John Edwards |
Bubbling Up Nanostructures Nearly boiling, acidic hot springs could lead to the creation of electronic components that are 10 to 100 times smaller than today's smallest parts. |
Chemistry World December 20, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
pH adjustable protein micro-lenses Scientists in China have used a common protein to create tiny optical lenses, a few tens of micrometres in diameter, whose focus can be adjusted simply by changing the pH of the surrounding medium. |
Bio-IT World February 11, 2005 Kevin Davies |
In Living Color Researchers have developed a palette of fluorescent proteins to complement the green fluorescent protein (GFP), a stable of cell biology for a decade. |
Chemistry World April 30, 2007 Victoria Gill |
Amyloid Protein Seen to Zip Together Amyloid proteins' long, complicated structure makes them tricky to study, but U.S. researchers have found that they share a common feature that could provide a drug target for an array of incurable conditions. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2006 Michael Gross |
Ancient Protein Moonlights in the Eye A structural protein in the mouse eye lens is the evolutionary descendant of an ancient bacterial enzyme, researchers have found -- suggesting that moonlighting saved the protein from oblivion when its original role was taken over by a different family of enzymes. |
HHMI Bulletin Winter 2013 Amber Dance |
A Trick of Light When miniSOG protein takes in blue light, it converts ordinary oxygen into a short-lived, excited state called singlet oxygen, which reacts with and changes the molecules around it. The singlet oxygen destroys the mitochondria's delicate machinery. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic enzyme catalyses Diels-Alder reaction The reaction is key to many organic syntheses and suggests that artificial enzymes could soon become part of the synthetic chemist's toolkit. |
Chemistry World August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell |
High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Persuading proteins to form porous polyhedra Researchers in the US have designed a hollow cube out of naturally occurring proteins, something that was previously only possible with DNA. |
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command. |
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Mark D. Uehling |
Putting Proteins in Their Place Will a 'periodic table' of proteins help classify the ungainly beasts? |
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Marcia A. Wade |
The Importance of Being Protein Milk, egg, wheat and soy proteins can pass for other ingredients and create fluffy, flowing and fabulous textures. |
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Altered protein orders metal bits Researchers from NASA, the SETI Institute and Argonne National Laboratory have genetically modified a bacteria that lives in geothermal hot springs in order to make a microscopic scaffolding that produces a high-tech material. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Proteins swap partners UK researchers have discovered that proteins which use metal cofactors can be surprisingly promiscuous metal binders, happily taking up the 'wrong' metal. |
Science News October 14, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Knots in Proteins Knotted proteins are rare, but more than just random occurrences. The secret of spontaneous knotting lies in the mathematics of self-avoiding random walks. |
Chemistry World June 2009 Michael Gross |
Bubble-wrapped frogs Tropical frogs create remarkable protein foams to protect their spawn. Exploration of the underlying chemistry has only just begun |
Chemistry World March 29, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Gene gels pump out proteins Gels made with genes incorporated into the structure could soon make protein production cheaper and easier, according to researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World October 27, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Folding rules used to build unnatural proteins Scientists in the UK and US have designed and synthesized unnatural protein structures, using theoretical calculations to explore the factors affecting protein folding and stability. |
Chemistry World October 20, 2014 Katie Bayliss |
Making light of food allergies Researchers in Spain are taking steps towards 'allergy-free' food, by treating allergy-inducing proteins with a pulsed light treatment that makes them easier to digest. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Don't FRET over broken polymers Fluorescent proteins could one day help identify microscopic cracks and damage in polymer materials, allowing them to be monitored to prevent failure in load-bearing applications such as in aerospace and biomedical devices. |
Prepared Foods July 23, 2007 Greg Miller |
Sporting Attitude Sports nutrition food and beverage formulators can benefit from new research on the nutrition and functionality of whey ingredients. |
Chemistry World October 28, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Drug sandwich baits E. coli toxins Polymer scaffolds that pin molecules together at multiple binding sites can trap and destroy E. coli toxins by locking them to immune proteins, researchers based in Canada and Japan have found. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Snapshot of Proteins Linked to Autism Researchers in France and the US have caught on camera the gentle embrace between two proteins that sit on either side of the junction between nerve cells. It's this short circuit that has thought to cause some types of autism. |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Michele Solis |
Right Before Your Eyes Coupling protein sequence to function, thousands of variants at a time. |
Bio-IT World June 12, 2002 Karen Hopkin |
Computational Biologists Join the Fold CASP5 competitors compare the best algorithms for modeling the 3-D structure of proteins -- an exercise that could lead to new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. |
Chemistry World February 3, 2013 Andy Extance |
Enzyme draws nanopore protein sequencing nearer US scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have made a key step towards nanopore protein sequencing, thanks to an 'unfoldase' enzyme. Mark Akeson's team exploited this enzyme to unravel proteins and pull them through nanopores. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2002 Malorye Branca |
The Proteomics Odyssey Efforts to map the constellation of protein interactions in humans gather momentum as companies vie to provide tools to capitalize on the potential of proteomics. But can proteomics prevail where some feel genomics has failed? |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. |