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A Shared 3D Conformation Between Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington Oligomers Impairs Ubiquitin-Dependent Proteasome Function

Posted on April 1, 2018 by John Hanna

Author: John Hanna Opposing allosteric controls between two allosteric modulators-HbYX motif and A11 oligomers- that bind to distinct sites on the 20S proteasome. Name of…

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An E3 ubiquitin ligase is essential for immune homeostasis

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Brandon Eden

Author: Brandon Eden TRIM29, an E3 ubiquitin ligase as depicted in the above figure, tags STING for proteasome-dependent degradation to downregulate the antiviral cystolic DNA…

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Connections in the Microbiome.

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Calvin Inners

Author: Calvin Inners This figure is taken from the Castaño-Rodríguez et al. paper. In part C, it shows the connection between different bacteria present in…

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Hey Dracula, Want To Read About Blood?

Posted on March 14, 2017April 19, 2017 by nicholascunningham

Blood is the one relationship we can never end. If you and blood decide to call it quits and go your separate ways here and…

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Blog Spotlight Practice- The Undercover Role of Fatty Acids

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by melaniegoetz

Endothelial cells line the interior surface of blood and lymphatic vessels and are responsible for the formation of new blood vessels, a process known as…

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Does Anyone Really Know What Biochemistry Really Is?

Posted on January 21, 2017 by nicholascunningham

When I first started declared my major freshman year, I received so many question asking what did studying biochemistry actually entail. Naturally, I had no…

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Let’s Make a Holiday

Posted on January 20, 2017 by nicholascunningham

January 18, 2017. Mark your calendars. This is the day I officially appreciate PyMOL more after using Swiss PDB Viewer. All I need is a…

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Say What? E1 and E2 not observed in Ubiquitination

Posted on April 23, 2016December 22, 2016 by tylerflorio

Tyler Florio’s Blog Spotlight – Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors Link: http://www.nature.com.muhlenberg.idm.oclc.org/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature17657.html Ubiquitination is a vital cellular process universally observed…

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Mitochondria, Stress, and Your Heart

Posted on March 24, 2016December 22, 2016 by tylergottlieb

Tyler Gottlieb March 25, 2016 ChemBio Spotlight #5 Paper: Imbalanced OPA1 Processing and Mitochondrial Fragmentation Cause Heart Failure in Mice http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6265/aad0116.full Mitochondria, Stress, and Your…

Whodunit? – The Culprit of AMPK Phosphorylation in Insulin Resistance
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Whodunit? – The Culprit of AMPK Phosphorylation in Insulin Resistance

Posted on March 18, 2016December 22, 2016 by stephaniespiegel

Stephanie Spiegel ChemBio Spotlight #4 Paper: PKD1 Inhibits AMPK2 through Phosphorylation of Serine 491 and Impairs Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle Cells http://www.jbc.org/content/291/11/5664.full.pdf+html Whodunit? –…

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