Creating a protein sensor for small molecules is very difficult. The protein must first bind to the small molecule, then ...

Scientists designed synthetic proteins that shift shape, mimicking natural proteins to perform advanced biological tasks.

An illustration shows how custom-made peptide molecules (shown in pink and purple) can slip through a cell membrane. (Image by Ian C. Haydon / UW Institute for Protein Design) Researchers at the ...

They often have precisely engineered moving parts that are linked to chemical events and, most importantly, bind to other molecules. For example, antibodies are proteins produced by the immune ...

Each chain folds into a unique structure, and those shapes determine how proteins interact with other molecules. Looking like a tangled ball of twine, proteins have a complex and precise design of ...

Proteins are among the most studied molecules in biology, yet new research shows they can still hold surprising secrets. Researchers have discovered previously undetected chemical bonds within ...

An artificial intelligence system can now determine not only how proteins fold but also how they interact with other proteins, drug molecules or DNA. Biochemists and pharmaceutical researchers say ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer process to develop drug molecules based on a protein’s three-dimensional surface. The new ...

you’ve probably heard of viral proteins such as the COVID-19 spike protein. Lesser known, perhaps, in the anatomy of viruses are a class of molecules called glycans. But these are important, too.

"Proteins are the molecules which enable life," Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said during the announcement ceremony in Sweden this morning (Oct. 9). A protein has tens ...