Scientists study how proteins change shape inside cells

From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine: “The scientists’ new “binder-tag” technique, described in a paper in Cell, allows researchers to pinpoint and track proteins that are in a desired shape or “conformation,” and to do so in real time inside living cells. The scientists demonstrated the technique in, essentially, movies that track the active version of an important signaling protein — a molecule, in this case, important for cell growth.”  Though this piece doesn’t mention the usefulness of this technique in determining protein confirmation in transgenic plants and animals, that knowledge is the limiting factor for pharming.  MORE

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