Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

Amino acids have long been known to improve the stability and solubility of proteins. Amino acids might be added to insulin, for example, to maintain shelf-life and stop undesired chemical reactions ...

Using just 20 amino acid letters, ribosomes spell out all the proteins needed to keep cells ticking. But Jason Chin, head of Cambridge’s Centre for Chemical & Synthetic Biology, has long wondered ...

For decades, amino acids have been added to medical formulations like insulin as stabilizers: these small molecules keep proteins (i.e. larger particles) from interacting in undesirable ways. And for ...

Hydration modulates aromatic interactions, explaining why Tyr is a stronger sticker than Phe in aqueous environments like protein condensates but not in the cores of folded proteins.

Share on Pinterest Many plant-based proteins are less digestible and may have lower concentrations of one or more essential amino acids. Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images Vegans who meet their daily ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of ...

Amino acids are absolutely essential to our health—and for life itself. They are the so-called “building blocks” of proteins. They play a key role in the growth, repair, and maintenance of almost ...