Sentences with phrase «function of a single protein»

By enhancing the function of a single protein, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have produced a «marathon mouse» with altered muscle composition and enough physical endurance to run twice...

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In these and other inherited diseases, 10 to 15 percent of the single - base pair mutations that cause the disease create a misplaced, premature «stop» codon in the middle of the gene — causing the machinery of the cell to prematurely halt synthesis of the protein, which destroys its ability to function.

Recent work also shows that some plants, such as the cabbage and mustard relative Arabidopsis, make proteins that are involved in the development and functioning of eyespots — the ultrabasic eyes found in some single - celled organisms such as green algae.

With sharper tips and improved antenna function, we also hope to obtain infrared spectra of single proteins in the future.

As a postdoc in the lab of Zefeng Wang, PhD, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Choudhury stumbled upon DAZAP1 while searching for proteins involved in alternative splicing — when a single gene organizes its genetic code to create different proteins with various functions.

Through the combination of linkage data and exome sequencing, they have identified a deletion or loss of a single base in the gene encoding STAG3, which results in a prematurely truncated protein without function.

Synonymous single - nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) do not produce altered coding sequences, and therefore they are not expected to change the function of the protein in which they occur.

Christopher Jaroniec, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University, said that the findings highlight the fact that minor alterations in single amino acids can cause profound differences in structure and function among this family of proteins.

January 7, 2016 Scientists find ancient mutation that contributed to the evolution of multicellular animals A single chance mutation about a billion years ago caused an ancient protein to evolve a new function essential for multicellularity in animals, according to new research co-led by a University of Chicago scientist.

A persistent challenge in unraveling mechanisms that regulate memory function is how to bridge the gap between inter-molecular dynamics of single proteins, activity of individual synapses and emerging properties of neuronal circuits.

Consistent with this, WDR26 loss - of - function single - nucleotide mutations identified in these subjects lead to nonsense - mediated decay with subsequent reduction of RNA expression and protein levels.

Studies cover a breadth of topics ranging from single molecules (molecular motors, DNA - protein interactions, membrane proteins) to cellular functions (cell adhesion, cell division, cell motility, intracellular transport) and the collective behaviour of cells in tissues and organisms (wound healing, morphogenesis).

Most mixed meals will keep your insulin levels high enough to stop protein breakdown for 4 - 6 hours.9 A 45 - gram dose of whey protein will do the same for about two hours.10 Technically, a single meal before your workout could ``... function as both a pre - and an immediate post-exercise meal...,» writes Aragon and Schoenfeld.3

The undenatured whey protein that proved useful for boosting glutathione and immune function in mice was produced with a single round of «classical» pasteurization at 63 C for 30 minutes, which led to an even greater destruction of serum albumin, resulting in a total loss of 52 percent of the whey's glutathione - boosting power.