Key protein controls nutrient availability in mammals
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Case Western Reserve researchers already demonstrated that a single protein plays a pivotal role in the use of nutrients by major organs that allow for the burning of fat during exercise or regulating the heart's contractile and electrical activity. Now they have found a new benefit of Kruppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15)—keeping the body in metabolic balance.