Rice, UCSD scientists probe form, function of mysterious protein
( Rice University ) Using computer models and laboratory experiments, scientists from Rice University and the University of California, San Diego have probed the structure of the protein mitoNEET to better understand its role in aging, cancer and diabetes. They found the protein could untangle its arms at one end to loosen its grip on a potentially toxic molecule of iron and sulfur. Their ...
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Scientists probe form, function of mysterious protein
Using computer models and laboratory experiments, scientists have probed the structure of the protein mitoNEET to better understand its role in aging, cancer and diabetes. They found the protein could untangle its arms at one end to loosen its grip on a potentially toxic molecule of iron and sulfur.
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Study finds protein's entwined arm movements may control fate of potentially toxic payload
Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET -- a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging -- draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else.
An ancient grain is new again
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