Scientists discovered a role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells. Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in ...

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Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in their paper in Nature. Ribosomes, the cell's dedicated molecular machines ...

Proteins attain their functional three-dimensional structures through a finely tuned process of folding, which in the cellular milieu is considerably more complex than in vitro refolding assays.

Katherine Bourzac is a freelance journalist in San Francisco, California. Proteins’ functions are closely tied to their often-complex 3D structures. Some have specialized pockets or protrusions that ...

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Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in their paper in Nature. Ribosomes, the cell's dedicated molecular machines ...