Being abundant primary producers, single-celled eukaryotic diatoms and dinoflagellates dominate marine food webs and significantly impact the ecology of the oceans. These organisms face competition ...

Recent years have seen major advances in understanding the structure-function relationships of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). This large superfamily of transmembrane receptors comprises over 800 ...

Animals depend on their sense of smell to locate food, identify mates and evade danger. In mammals, olfactory perception typically relies on G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) pathways. Insects, by ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are transmembrane proteins that transduce an extracellular signal—ligand binding—into an intracellular signal—activation of G-protein—which in turn activates ...

The research team found that the supplementation of n-3 fatty acids significantly enhances lactation performance even in ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool to better understand how chemicals like dopamine and epinephrine interact with neurons. These chemicals are among a wide variety of signals ...

Have you ever wondered how drugs reach their targets and achieve their function within our bodies? If a drug molecule or a ligand is a message, an inbox is typically a receptor in the cell membrane.

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments-water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases-are critical to their ...

A publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B discusses allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptors as a novel therapeutic strategy in neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is a debilitating ...

Researchers have developed a new tool to better understand how chemicals like dopamine and epinephrine interact with neurons. University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool to better ...