Sentences with phrase «modified glucose molecules»

On one end of the cascade is the so - called Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), and at the other end are numerous proteins with modified glucose molecules attached to them.

The HBP is responsible for producing modified glucose molecules that couple to numerous proteins, leading to beneficial changes in their function, stability, and location within the cell.

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He and his colleagues found a way to disable this system using a modified version of glucose that mimics the molecules found on the surface of a fungus that attacks termites.

«Our work describes the structure and function of an important enzyme called Rumi, which adds a glucose molecule to several signaling proteins to modify their activities,» said the study's lead author, Huilin Li, a biologist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University.

Prior to the current study, the scientists already knew that Rumi modifies Notch by adding glucose molecules to the protein.

From a chemistry point of view, glucosinolates are sugar - based molecules that contain a modified form of sugar (glucose) together with sulfur and nitrogen.