Flexibility is function: How unstructured protein segments regulate biological functions

Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...

Human body making its own Ozempic? Scientists find ‘surprising cells’ in the pancreas

Scientists at Duke University made a groundbreaking discovery. They found pancreatic alpha cells can produce GLP-1. GLP-1 is similar to Ozempic. This hormone regulates blood sugar. It may offer a ...
Grainews

Measuring the components of healthy soil in Alberta

The data Prairie farmers get from chemical analysis of soils are necessary to develop a field fertility program — but as an ...
eLife

A GCN1-independent activator of the kinase GCN2

The ALBORADA Drug Discovery Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom ...
AHA/ASA Journals

PYGM Protects Against Myocardial Infarction by Enhancing Glycogenolysis and Facilitating Autophagic Flux

BACKGROUND: PYGM (muscle glycogen phosphorylase), the rate-limiting enzyme in glycogenolysis, plays an indispensable role in maintaining cardiac energy metabolism. However, the role of PYGM in the ...