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- Gut microbe networks differ from norm in obese people, systems biology approach reveals
- Renewable fuel: Clearing a potential road block to bisabolane
- Scientists paint new picture of dance between protein and binding partners
| Gut microbe networks differ from norm in obese people, systems biology approach reveals Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST People harbor more than 100 trillion microbes. These microbes live in various habitats on and within the human anatomy; the gut houses the densest population of all, containing hundreds of bacterial species. Scientists detected organizational shifts away from the normal lean state in the gut flora of people who were obese. The differences relate to how the microbial community interacts with the human gut environment, rather than variations in its core energy-use processes.  |
| Renewable fuel: Clearing a potential road block to bisabolane Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST Researchers have determined the three-dimensional crystal structure of a protein that is key to boosting the microbial-based production of bisabolane as a clean, green and renewable biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel.  |
| Scientists paint new picture of dance between protein and binding partners Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST Using a blend of technologies, scientists have painted a new picture of how biochemical information can be transmitted through the modification of a protein. Previously, scientists believed that during the pairing of proteins and their binding partners ("ligands"), proteins modified their shape while ligands remained stable. The new study shows this one-size-fits-all solution is not entirely accurate.  |
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