In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, scientists explore how a brain protein called tau changes its behavior when a small chemical group called a phosphate attaches to ...

Protein phosphorylation is the most prevalent post-translational modification in plant biology, orchestrating signal transduction pathways that underpin development, hormone responses and ...

Chemists at Oregon State University have for the first time watched copper ions force amyloid-beta proteins into toxic clumps ...

Phosphorylation, the reversible covalent attachment of phosphate groups to amino acid residues, represents one of the most prevalent post-translational modifications in biology. By introducing a ...

Recent research has observed that chemical modifications called phosphorylation of various proteins *1) in brain neurons dynamically regulates in controlling sleep and wakefulness. On the other hand, ...

Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an alteration in the abundance of these metabolites is invariably observed in ...

This study focused on how NMDAR, an important cell surface receptor, triggers a complex chemical cascade in postsynaptic neurons in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. More specifically, the ...

New research has uncovered how a protein strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease plays a critical role in forming long-lasting memories—opening up new directions for future dementia treatments.

Cancer has often been explained through mutations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or changes in ribonucleic acid (RNA), but ...