Tag: proteins
How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates
Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA.
An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”
“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute.
Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”
The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out.
Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations
Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein?
Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels
Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot.