Proteins sourced from microorganisms are attracting attention for their potential in biomanufacturing a variety of products, ...

Proteins sourced from microorganisms are attracting attention for their potential in biomanufacturing a variety of products, ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. mTORC1 promotes cell growth when nutrients ...

MIT researchers found that a diet rich in the amino acid cysteine may rejuvenate the small intestine by activating immune pathways that boost stem cell regeneration. The discovery could pave the way ...

If you have ever cooked on a gas stove or seen a flame flicker to life with the turn of a knob, you have seen natural gas in action. Supplying that energy at scale, however, is far more complicated.

The amino acid cysteine is crucial for life but is toxic at high concentrations. Cells and tissues are exposed to high cysteine levels but maintain low intracellular concentrations through unknown ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of life four billion years ...

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 ...