Post by The Francis Crick Institute

Proteins carry out almost every important function in our body, from copying our DNA to turning the food we eat into energy. These tiny “molecular machines” are made by our cells as straight chains, like long pieces of string. Join David Balchin, group leader here at the Crick, as he describes the fascinating ways our cells ensure that proteins fold correctly, and what happens when this goes awry in disease. https://lnkd.in/gs-pFeCT