Lending a helping hand
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Many proteins, the primary building blocks of life, depend on elements such as copper, zinc and other trace elements to function properly. Some metal molecules are required as a structural component for proteins, while others are used as catalytic cofactors, explains Ayako Fukunaka, a researcher working with Makoto Hiromura and Shuichi Enomoto at the RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science in Kobe.