Deployable composite structures and mechanisms represent a frontier in materials engineering, where innovative fabrication techniques and advanced design principles are utilised to create lightweight, ...

The first full-length structures of two heat shock chaperone proteins in a complex reveal the key structural region regulating their function, according to a new study from St. Jude Children's ...

Filamentous cyanobacteria aggregate in areas with favorable light conditions and use the light energy for photosynthesis. Typically, these microorganisms form long filaments consisting of many cells.

Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components -- the rotor and stators. Despite much research, the exact molecular mechanism underlying stator function ...

Ten structures of URAT1 obtained by scientists provide a deep understanding of the mechanism of urate transport to guide gout therapeutic design. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...

(L to R) Corresponding author Charalampos Babis Kalodimos, PhD, St. Jude Department of Structural Biology chair, and co-first authors Ziad Ibrahim and Youlin Xia, St. Jude Department of Structural ...