Macromolecules such as starch, cellulose or proteins can not be rapidly taken up by cells and must be broken into their smaller units before they can be used in cell metabolism.
Not exact matches
Yale University was one of the few places using x-ray crystallography to study the structure and function of
such biological
macromolecules.
Scientists have shifted from studying single molecules to investigating large complexes of interacting biological
macromolecules involved in processes
such as metabolic pathways, gene expression, and development of disease.
To study
such mechanisms, we employ the laws of physics and the rules of evolution to develop and apply computational methods for predicting the 3D structures of
macromolecules and their complexes.
Long - lived cells
such as cardiomyocytes, retinal pigmented epithelial cells and neurons are particularly dependent of the efficient function of their lysosomes to prevent the accumulation of damaged
macromolecules over their extended lifetimes.