In the center is a carbon atom. It’s attached to a hydrogen atom, a basic amino group (a group of elements), a carboxylic acid group (another grouping of elements), and an R group. The R group ...

Researchers are most interested in adding functional molecules to the N-terminus, or the end of a peptide with a free amine ...

In recent years, overexplorations of ore and the growth of industries are the prime factors in the release of heavy metals in environments. As a result, the ...

“These are a group of amino acids that are essential for human ... and this can enhance functional performance. BCAAs, ...

KEEPING your brain smart starts with how you look after it – and feeding it well can go a long way. Studies show that diet ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) serves as a blueprint for proteins. When mRNA is no longer needed, it must be degraded. Director Elena Conti and her team at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in ...

The rumen microbiota—a symbiont to its host and consists of critical functional substances—plays a vital role in the animal ...

To take another example, every protein in every living being consists of and is defined by a one-dimensional string of amino acids linked ... datasets than any other group in the world, unlocking ...

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won this year's Nobel prize in chemistry. Jamie Durrani investigates the origins ...

The 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work on describing and predicting proteins ...

This method enables noninvasive access to the metabolism of sugars and amino acids in complex sink ... for in vivo metabolic diagnostic and functional studies is nuclear magnetic resonance ...