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Methods pinpoint copper binding sites in enzyme from methane-munching bacteria

A pair of recent papers helps clear up a longstanding mystery about the enzyme particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). The enzyme sits in the membranes of bacteria that consume methane as their main ...
GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

HDX-MS Plus Computational Methods Provide Novel Approach to Study of Protein-Protein Interactions

The team, from biopharmaceutical company Regeneron, hopes their work will help researchers better understand protein-protein interactions during preclinical development of a drug. “Essentially, we ...
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NanoTemper Technologies Announces Monolith X With Breakthrough Spectral Shift Technology, Enabling Binding Affinity Measurements Where Other Methods Fail

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoTemper Technologies introduced Monolith X, adding breakthrough Spectral Shift technology to their top-selling Monolith product line, valued by ...
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NMR method allows scientists to study how viruses bind sugars

A group of researchers led by Ben Davis of University of Oxford and the Rosalind Franklin Institute has developed a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique to study the molecular interactions ...
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Fig. 2 Cell-SELEX method for screening Melapts. Melapts that specifically bind melanopsin were selected by Cell-SELEX because melanopsin is a membrane protein bound to and ...

(A) DNA aptamers were selected using the Cell-SELEX method from a random ssDNA library. DNA aptamers were mixed and bound to (−) melanopsin cells (negative selection). When unbound DNA aptamers were ...