Massive Bacterial Motor Structure Solved in Great Breakthrough for Structural Biology
How do #bacteria move? New #CryoEM study reveals small details of the flagellum—a massive motor #protein that drives bacterial movement.
structural biology
RNA Simulations Show Its Unique Ability to Move and Fold
New data-driven RNA simulations allow scientists to observe twisting and folding in real time.
A Near Perfect Solution to a Decades-Old Biology Problem
by Sebastian Rowefigures by Jovana Andrejevic
First conceptualized in the 1960s, the protein folding problem – how to predict a protein’s structure from its sequence – has been one of the main concerns of structural biologists worldwide.…
How to Fight a Virus: Examples from COVID-19
Scientists from China and Germany have investigated the molecules that govern different parts of the infection producing COVID-19. Determining these molecular structures is an essential step in designing antiviral drugs for treatment.