An artist's representation of a free-energy landscape and two possible paths a protein might follow (left) to fold correctly and a third path (right) that leads to a misfolded state. Disclaimer ...

"Now that we know the properties of protein cores under typical folding conditions, it's possible that protein core packing does not need to stop at 55%," said Alex Grigas, a Ph.D. candidate in O ...

Two laboratories recently used cryo-electron microscopy to directly image atoms in a protein molecule with a ... The latter technique resulted in images so clear, researchers could identify ...

Protein folding is the process by which proteins achieve their mature functional (native) tertiary structure, and often begins co-translationally. Protein folding requires chaperones and often ...

This kind of tight folding and packing minimizes the overall free energy of the protein. An average protein has about 300 amino acid residues. If we consider that there are twenty different amino ...

HHMI researchers bring the arcane world of protein folding to the online gaming arena with the launch of “Foldit.” Multiplayer online gaming brings to mind fabulously successful titles, such as “World ...