Professor Dr. Ute Hellmich at the University of Jena’s Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry. Anne Günther / Uni Jena is credited.
It is simple to study the ordered regions of proteins. As a result, much is understood about how these regions affect the biological processes that underlie the respective proteins. However, a group of researchers from around the world under the direction of biochemist Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich have demonstrated that disordered regions are also crucial.
The journal Nature Communications has published their in-depth analysis of the disordered region of a receptor channel protein. The team used eleven different techniques to show how this region affects how the entire protein functions. Therefore, even though they may not always be simple to investigate, disordered protein areas should not