https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/protein/ Recent content in Protein on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:43:35 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/this-mysterious-protein-punctures-our-cells-now-researchers-know-how/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:40:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/this-mysterious-protein-punctures-our-cells-now-researchers-know-how/ • The human body is a dynamic place • Blood pumps, spinal fluid flows, oxygen comes in and carbon dioxide goes out • Deeper still, charged molecules pass through cell walls, quietl https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bacteria-deliver-a-microtubule-binding-protein-into-mammalian-cells-to-promote-colonization/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:39:11 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bacteria-deliver-a-microtubule-binding-protein-into-mammalian-cells-to-promote-colonization/ • Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026. • Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:35:17 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ • Abstract With the growing pervasiveness of pretrained protein language models (pLMs), pLM-based methods are increasingly being put forward for the protein-protein interaction (PP https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/electrochemical-signals-can-reshape-bacterial-protein-patterns-boosting-electron-transfer/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:22:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/electrochemical-signals-can-reshape-bacterial-protein-patterns-boosting-electron-transfer/ • Sometimes, transporting electrons from one cell to another is a team effort. • In electroactive bacteria, that team is a group of proteins that shepherds electrons forward, passi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bacteria-deliver-a-microtubule-binding-protein-into-mammalian-cells-to-promote-colonization/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:39:30 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bacteria-deliver-a-microtubule-binding-protein-into-mammalian-cells-to-promote-colonization/ • Science, Volume 391, Issue 6787, Page 825-830, February 2026. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:35:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ • Abstract With the growing pervasiveness of pretrained protein language models (pLMs), pLM-based methods are increasingly being put forward for the protein-protein interaction (PP https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-is-a-seesaw-protein-that-switches-functions-by-changing-shape/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:40:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-is-a-seesaw-protein-that-switches-functions-by-changing-shape/ • Inspired by the simple mechanism of a seesaw-when one side goes up, the other side goes down-researchers asked an intriguing question: Could a single molecule switch between two https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/accurate-predictions-of-disordered-protein-ensembles-with-starling/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:39:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/accurate-predictions-of-disordered-protein-ensembles-with-starling/ • Abstract Intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (collectively IDRs) are found across all kingdoms of life and have critical roles in virtually every eukaryotic cellular pr https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:12:12 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/a-flaw-in-using-pretrained-protein-language-models-in-protein-protein-interaction-inference-models/ • Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 13 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-025-01176-7 The usage of pretrained protein language models (pLMs) is rapidly growing. • Howev https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/benchmark-of-1.4-million-checked-protein-structures-could-sharpen-ai-predictions/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:10:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/benchmark-of-1.4-million-checked-protein-structures-could-sharpen-ai-predictions/ • University of Missouri researchers have released the world’s largest collection of protein models with quality assessment-a groundbreaking new resource that could accelerate drug https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/trapping-a-single-protein-in-a-molecular-cage-a-new-path-to-drug-discovery-for-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:40:19 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/trapping-a-single-protein-in-a-molecular-cage-a-new-path-to-drug-discovery-for-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/ • Proteins often function in pairs or groups, concealing their internal connection points and making it difficult for scientists to study their individual units without altering th https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/longer-roots-for-drought-how-an-edited-protein-could-reshape-crop-resilience/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:59:55 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/longer-roots-for-drought-how-an-edited-protein-could-reshape-crop-resilience/ • What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? • Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it-literally. • Researchers in https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gpt-5-lowers-the-cost-of-cell-free-protein-synthesis/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gpt-5-lowers-the-cost-of-cell-free-protein-synthesis/ • An autonomous lab combining OpenAI’s GPT-5 with Ginkgo Bioworks’ cloud automation cut cell-free protein synthesis costs by 40% through closed-loop experimentation. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/repurposing-protein-folding-models-for-generation-with-latent-diffusion/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/repurposing-protein-folding-models-for-generation-with-latent-diffusion/ • PLAID is a multimodal generative model that simultaneously generates protein 1D sequence and 3D structure, by learning the latent space of protein folding models. • The awarding