Single-molecule biophysical approaches to studying the mechanisms of motor proteins Ribosomes are molecular machines made of protein and RNA that translate mRNA into proteins. The biogenesis of new ribosomes is the most energetically costly process in the cell, accounting for ~60% of all ATP consumed. New ribosomes begin as rRNA, and are sequentially matured through … Read More
LC-MS Metabolomics Reveals the Role of SLC45A4 in GABA de novo Synthesis Affiliations: 1Departments of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University; 2Metabolomics Shared Resource, Rutgers Cancer Institute … Read More
Modulation of amyloid assembly by chaperone-like proteins Soluble proteins have an inherent propensity to undergo altered protein folding, forming cross-B sheet-rich structures called amyloids. Amyloid fibrils have gained significant attention … Read More
Discovery and characterization of a novel family of PIEZO channel auxiliary subunits PIEZO channels are critical cellular sensors of mechanical forces. Native PIEZO1 channels can display nonuniform subcellular localization and exhibit different gating kinetics—principally, slower inactivation in many cell types when compared with heterologous expression systems. These observations could be explained by differences in lipid composition, … Read More
Symmetry breaking and self-organization of a body axis from mouse embryonic stem cells Abstract: During development, the embryo must break symmetry to form body axes and patterned tissue structures. Recent … Read More