Unlocking pathways to break down problem proteins presents new treatment opportunities

PHYSorg
Oct 25, 2023, 5:29 pm194 pts
When targeting problem proteins involved in causing or spreading disease, a drug will often clog up a protein's active site so it can't function and wreak havoc. New strategies for dealing with these proteins can send these proteins to different types of cellular protein degradation machinery such as a cell's…

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