Czech research teams participate in international project studying proteins

The Brno-based company Enantis and research teams from Masaryk University in Brno and the South Bohemian University in Ceske Budejovice are taking part in a Spanish project aimed at determining the structure and function of certain proteins. Jiri Damborsky from Masaryk University told the CTK news agency that scientists are planning to launch the proteins into space in a special container to try and obtain better conditions for their crystallisation. The Foton M3 project is studying some 40 types of proteins, the Czech teams are in charge of two.