The new protein is essential for the production of spermatozoids and eggs and the severe alteration of its genetic recombination rate can cause human infertility and Down syndrome
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a B-cell neoplasia characterized by the accumulation in the bone marrow of malignant plasma cells that produce monoclonal proteins and cause bone lesions, renal disease and immunodeficiency.
The new signal transduction system, the TolR protein is involved in the resistance to toxic aromatic compounds as toluene in a bacterium, Azoarcus sp. CIB, able to degrade these compounds anaerobically
FtsZ is a widely conserved tubulin-like GTPase that directs bacterial cell division. This protein assembly machine works cooperatively polymerizing into single-stranded filaments, by means of self-switching between inactive and actively associating monomer conformations.
The LIAR project (Living Architecture) was launched on 7th of April 2016 in London (UK) and is coordinated by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UNEW).