In this essay we attempt to reconsider the concept of the “Leucine Zipper” (LZ) protein oligomerization motif. Reasoning on the wealth of existing data, we suggest that despite of the structural ...

The folding of α-helical integral membrane proteins has been postulated to follow a two-stage path, involving (i) the formation of individually stable α-helices and (ii) their association giving rise ...

The ocs-elements comprise a family of related 20-base pair DNA sequences with dyad symmetry that are functional components of the promoters of several genes introduced into the plant nucleus by ...

Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins are a recently discovered family of cation efflux transporters that might play an essential role in metal homeostasis and tolerance. Here, we describe the ...