Protein's Unique Flexibility May Help It Respond When Viruses Attack
December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024
BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 11 -- The National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news:
If anything in nature is a well-oiled machine, it's the cell. And if you pop open the hood of the cell, all those interlocking gears -- constantly revolving to make the cell tick -- are proteins. Let's say all the gears have square teeth, but on one gear, the teeth suddenly become round or longer. Does the machine come to a screeching halt?
If anything in nature is a well-oiled machine, it's the cell. And if you pop open the hood of the cell, all those interlocking gears -- constantly revolving to make the cell tick -- are proteins. Let's say all the gears have square teeth, but on one gear, the teeth suddenly become round or longer. Does the machine come to a screeching halt?