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Proteins Recognize the Various Lengths of Fatty Acids Using a Water Cluster
The mechanism discovered by the interaction between proteins and lipids would play key roles in FA-related diseases, such as metabolic syndrome and ...
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2015
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New mechanism of the receptor important for regulating blood pressure to damage arterial wall unveiled
A group of researchers found that receptors of angiotensin II, a hormone important for controlling blood pressure, were activated by fat oxidized in the body, ...
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2015
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Earth’s Daily Rotation Period Encoded in an Atomic-level Protein Structure
A research group has demonstrated that the Earth’s daily rotation period (24 hours) is encoded in the KaiC protein at the atomic level, a small, 10 nm–diameter ...
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2015
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Key to the development of fundamental treatment methods for Parkinson's disease
A group of researchers succeeded in elucidating the secondary structure of Lewy bodies (LBs) in the brain of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients for the first ...
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2015
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How vibrio cholera is attracted by bile elucidated
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2016
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Mass-production of proteins necessary for maintenance and proliferation of stem cells, the key to regenerative medicine, established
A group of researchers developed a new method for purifying and storing Wnts. This group’s achievement has enabled the preparation of Wnts in large amounts ...
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2016
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Repair full of mistakes may develop cancer!?
A group of researchers found that if DNA damage response (DDR) does not work when DNA is damaged by radiation, proteins which should be removed remain, and a ...
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2016
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How chemotactic cells extend response range
A group of researchers discovered G protein-interacting protein 1 Gip1, a factor regulating response range in chemotaxis. It was found that this factor ...
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2016
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New hepatitis C virus mechanism elucidated
A group of researchers identified a new drug target capable of suppressing the propagation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), improving HCV pathologic conditions, ...
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2016
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Successful partial hybrid cells of humans and plants
A group of researchers succeeded in developing hybrid cells, although a partial one, between humans and plants, a world first.
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2016