Sentences with phrase «alter the protein structure»

The chemical helps alter the protein structure of hair strands so that they remain smooth and straight for months.

Pasteurisation may alter the protein structure of milk, which can contribute to poor digestion, arthritis and heart disease.

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Anything that changes the structure of that protein, then, can alter its function.

Perlmann, who was born in Czechoslovakia but later became a U.S. citizen, was one of the first to recognize the importance of phosphate groups in the structure of many proteins; she showed that phosphates added to or stripped from a protein can dramatically alter its activity.

He was unable to crystallize the protein and didn't want to remove it from the membrane and thereby risk altering its structure.

He isolated genetic mutations that altered the structure of the ASPM protein and thus could have affected brain size, while weeding out the random mutations that had no structural effect and hence would have been unaffected by evolutionary pressures.

mTOR controls expression of proteins that alter mitochondrial structure and function in ways that unexpectedly protect cells from death, the team reported.

The structure of a protein normally found in the human eye has been altered so that it absorbs a type of red light that we can not normally see.

PRMT5 (protein arginine methyltransferase 5) is an enzyme that alters the structure of chromatin to suppress the transcription of genes and the production of proteins.

Different combinations of overexpressed and underexpressed proteins known to be responsible for corneal development in Drosophila may alter the nipple pattern to another pattern type and thus shed the light on chemical nature of compounds, forming the Turing - type structures upon insect eyes.

«We wanted to alter porosity in processed food, targeting a certain fat - protein emulsion structure, to see if we could get more of the salt released during chewing.

The hooks are made of interlinking chains of FimH, which are difficult to pull apart into separate protein molecules without altering their structure.

Most of those mutations are probably benign, but some may alter a protein's structure and function, or interfere with gene activity, leading to disease.

In the scientific article «Histone mutations separate R loops from genome instability induction» published in Molecular Cell, the researchers state that RNA joins with DNA by chance or because of a disease, the structure of the chromatin, the protein envelope of the chromosomes is altered, causing breaks in the DNA.

Like designs made with Silly String spraying out at different velocities, the folding of an amino acid chain into a 3D structure is somewhat speed - dependent, and slower production could cause the protein to take an altered final form.

But the protein's structure and function are altered.

Tracing the effect of the mutation on TIA1 structure, the researchers found that it altered the properties of a highly mobile «tail» of the protein.

«Biotech materials made simple: Crystal structures altered by a single protein.»

By combining their areas of expertise, the two labs demonstrated that changes to the chemistry of the IDR altered the structure of the core region of the Bcl - xL protein.

Our response to a study published in the Journal of Immunology looking at how carbon nanoparticles (such as those found in air pollution) can alter structure and function of certain proteins of the immune system.

Rather than modify protein structure and function, these noncoding variants frequently impact regulatory elements and thereby alter the quantitative and spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression.

This text covers topics ranging from plant genome structure and the key control points in how genes are expressed, to the mechanisms by which proteins are generated and how their activities are controlled and altered by posttranslational modifications.

12/19/2007 Study Details Atomic Structure of Proteins Altered in Autism A new study by an international group of scientists describes in atomic detail a protein complex that is affected by genetic mutations implicated in autism spectrum disorders.

The apoE4 protein differs from the apoE3 protein at only one point, but that single change is enough to alter its main structure and, thus, its function.

Microwaving alters the structure of proteins in a detrimental way.

Glycated proteins and cellular structures have altered function, increased vulnerability to oxidative damage, and reduced degradation and clearance.6 Slowing the entry of glucose into the brain would delay these processes and possibly give the body's defenses more time to dispose of the AGEs.

Pasteurization is a damaging process that alters the physical structure of the fragile proteins in milk, resulting in deformed and broken proteins the body is not equipped to handle.

While the high pressure and heat of the extrusion process used to produce TVP may reduce the mineral blocking phytic acid and other anti-nutrients, it also alters the structure of the proteins.20 We are off the hook for adding the extruded soy protein to our meat due to known soy allergies.

In a process called oxidation, free radicals steal electrons from other molecules — fats, proteins, cell membranes, and even DNA — altering the fundamental structure of the affected molecule.

The problem is high heat processing that alters the amino acid structure, making the protein problematic in its processed form.

Stingray venoms are composed of heat - labile proteins, therefore soaking the wound in hot water will alter the structure of the protein molecule.