Nikki Bilgram ChemBio Spotlight #3 Paper: Catalytic Mechanism of a Retinoid Isomerase Essential for Vertebrate Vision http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/v11/n6/full/nchembio.1799.html RPE65 is a membrane-bound retinoid isomerase that is…
Month: February 2016
Elaine Gersz ChemBio Spotlight #2 Paper: Polysialylation Controls Dendritic Cell Trafficking by Regulation Chemokine Recognition http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6269/186 Polysialic acid (PolySia) has been shown to foster cancer…
Zachary Gallagher Chembio spotlight #1 Paper: Inhibition of G-protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 2 Prevents the Dysfunctional Cardiac Substrate Metabolism in Fatty Acid Synthase http://www.jbc.org/content/291/6/2583 GRK-2: A…
Everyone knows that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. However, mitochondria are also involved in a variety of cellular processes such as amino acid…
