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The Proteasome

This proteasome is a large enzyme complex that breaks down old or damaged proteins into smaller pieces for cellular maintenance and recycling.

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Featured videos

Purple immune cells travelling in the bloodstream

14 June 2018

Cytotoxic T cells

Malaria lifecycle in a human host animation visualisation still

01 June 2008

Malaria Lifecycle Part 1: Human Host

01 June 2006

Apoptosis and Signal Transduction

Animations

28 May 2024

The Proteasome

Varieties of different ubiquitin chains highlighted with various colours

15 June 2021

Ubiquitin and Parkinson’s Disease

A pyruvate dehydrogenase complex made up of three different enzymes

14 June 2021

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex (Respiration series)

Glucose breaking down into two pyruvate molecules

14 June 2021

Glycolysis (Respiration series)

Colourful image of the Adenosine Triphosphate molecule

14 June 2021

ATP (Respiration series)

p53 protein binding two strands of DNA together

15 June 2020

p53 Tumour Suppressor

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Images

Colony Stimulating Factor (yellow) receptor mechanism

06 July 2023

CSF receptor

Visualisation of proteins replicating the DNA genome.

06 July 2023

DNA replisome

Green and pink cell receptors waiting for apoptosis signal.

06 July 2023

Apoptosis receptors

06 July 2023

Apoptosis mitochondria

Illustration of the molecular motors involved with transport along the mitotic spindle.

06 July 2023

Dynein and kinesin

Illustration of a malaria sporozoite (green) migrating through the bloodstream of the liver.

06 July 2023

Malaria in liver

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