{"id":178292,"date":"2023-12-14T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/scientists-discover-how-bacteria-build-protein-signals-in-cells-during-infection"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:22:39","slug":"scientists-discover-how-bacteria-build-protein-signals-in-cells-during-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/scientists-discover-how-bacteria-build-protein-signals-in-cells-during-infection","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover how bacteria build protein signals in cells during infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-how-bacteria-build-protein-signals-in-cells-during-infection2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New research from Oregon Health &amp; Science University could one day lead to therapies that prevent or treat diseases and infections tied to a protein that\u2019s found in all human cells.<\/p>\n<p>A study published today in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.molcel.2023.11.017\">Molecular Cell<\/a> describes how the protein ubiquitin is modified during bacterial infection.<\/p>\n<p>The study details the steps taken to create a form of the protein known as lysine 6 polyubiquitin, where a long chain of ubiquitin molecules are linked through the amino acid lysine. This form of ubiquitin helps cells communicate by sending a molecular message\u2014communication that remains poorly understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from Oregon Health &amp; Science University could one day lead to therapies that prevent or treat diseases and infections tied to a protein that\u2019s found in all human cells. A study published today in the journal Molecular Cell describes how the protein ubiquitin is modified during bacterial infection. The study details the steps [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}