'Jekyll and Hyde' protein linked to type 1 diabetes

Ashley Buckle

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Researchers are a step closer to establishing the link between a protein with a split personality and type 1 diabetes.

New research, published today in the journal PNAS, shows how a protein, called GAD65, changes its shape when it turns itself on and off. Curiously, this characteristic may also link it to type 1 diabetes.

Period	10 Jun 2014

Media coverage

Title	'Jekyll and Hyde' protein linked to type 1 diabetes
Media name/outlet	Monash University
Date	10/06/14
URL	www.monash.edu/news/articles/jekyll-and-hyde-protein-linked-to-type-1-diabetes
Persons	Ashley Buckle

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Keywords

GAD65
Type 1 diabetes
Protein dynamics