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The life cycle of a protein

A protein’s life is anything but simple. Discover how transcription, translation, folding, modification, and degradation work together to preserve proteome integrity.
Researchers identified a maize mutant, ven2, with impaired sucrose metabolism, leading to changes in protein accumulation. The study highlights the role of the transcription factor SRF1 in translating ...
Protein consumption is vital to our muscles, as it stimulates the process of producing new muscle proteins, also called muscle protein synthesis. A new study suggests that this process is stimulated ...