A new class of lipids developed by Penn Engineers improve the rates at which lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) successfully deliver ...

ApoB-100’s massive size and association with lipids in LDL have frustrated conventional approaches to studying its detailed structure ... and visualized LDL in a complex with the ligand-binding ...

The peptide Palmitoyl-GHK (Pal-GHK) has garnered considerable attention in the scientific community due to its structural attributes and potential functional roles in biological research and cellular ...

Integral membrane proteins carry out essential functions in the cell, and their activities are often modulated by specific protein-lipid interactions in the membrane. Here, we elucidate the intricate ...

EPFL researchers have developed a computational method to explicitly consider the impact of water while designing membrane ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments—water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases—are critical to their ...

The lipids in the samples were identified using mass spectrometry, which allows determining a molecule’s structure from the ... cortex responsible for complex social behavior and decision ...

Like all membrane proteins, they must be solubilized with detergents before purification, which disrupts the organization of stabilizing membrane lipids ... structures of receptors in complex ...

Cholesterol is one of the key molecules found in biomembranes, complex structures composed of proteins and lipids. It plays a crucial role in organizing the membrane and influencing the behavior ...

A novel mechanism that enables cells to maintain energy production even when their main power supply drops/fails has been ...

“We were amazed by how leafhoppers can consistently produce such complex structures at the nanoscale ... innovations are composed of proteins and lipids that get assembled into the stealth ...