Biochemistry
9 ideas, each explained on one page with a 60-second lesson you can play right there.
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Amyloid beta
Amyloid beta is a small protein fragment naturally produced and released by brain cells every day.
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Autophagy
Autophagy is the cell's waste recycling system.
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mTOR
mTOR, or mechanistic target of rapamycin, is an enzyme inside your cells that acts as a master growth switch.
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P53
P53 is a protein that acts as a quality control inspector inside your cells, binding to DNA to control which genes get turned on.
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Prion
A prion is an infectious misfolded protein that forces healthy proteins of the same type to fold into its own abnormal shape.
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Protein folding
Proteins fold from simple amino acid chains into functional 3D shapes within milliseconds, driven by sequence, water, and chemical bonds.
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Proteostasis
Proteostasis is the cell's system for balancing the creation, folding, and destruction of all its proteins.
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Single-chain variable fragment
A single-chain variable fragment is an engineered fusion protein that links the binding tips of an antibody into a compact sensor.
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Sirtuin
Sirtuins are an ancient family of signaling proteins that act as master regulators of cellular metabolism and DNA repair.