Sentences with phrase «key nuclear proteins»

Curcumin activates PPAR (peroxisome proliferator - activator receptor) which is a group of key nuclear proteins that regulate gene expression and modulate sugar uptake and utilization in the bloodstream.

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These 10 sets encode proteins responsible for four related bioenergetic processes: nuclear - encoded mitochondrial electron transport (the key energy - extracting operation), mitochondrial biogenesis (by which new mitochondria are formed) as well as glucose utilization and glucose sensing (processes by which glucose levels are evaluated and modified).

In collaboration with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) in Dallas, the researchers found that the tumor - suppressive activity of geranylgeraniol was accompanied by down - regulation of HMG CoA reductase, a key enzyme in the mevalonate pathway that provides essential intermediates for the posttranslational modification of growth - related proteins such as Ras, nuclear lamins and insulin - like growth factor receptors.

They also found that a protein called Seven in absentia 2 (Siah2) is a key regulator of the turnover of a well - studied, clock nuclear protein called RevErbα on a 24 - hour cycle.

The jammed up nuclear pores reopened, they report, and key proteins once again moved into the nucleus.

Known key pathological mechanisms are related to defects in structural proteins, nuclear proteins, intermediate filaments and other cyoskeletal proteins, mitochondrial energy production and ion channels, but new concepts and new genes are rapidly being identified.

In a study featured on the cover of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, investigators in Science Park faculty member Dr. Snow Shen's lab uncovered one of the protein's key nuclear functions.