Biologists have long known that amino acids can help stabilize proteins, for example as additives to pharmaceutical ...

Amino acids are organic compounds that serve as the fundamental building blocks of proteins. They play a crucial role in the structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs. Amino ...

The defining feature of an amino acid is its side chain (at top, blue circle; below, all colored circles). When connected together by a series of peptide bonds, amino acids form a polypeptide, another ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

Steven McKnight and Dirk Görlich received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their work on the role of ...

New study reveals how aminoacyl-thiols may have kickstarted protein synthesis, shedding light on life's origins.

DNA and RNA sequencing has become the new watchword for the biological researchers, as this tells them exactly what is going on at cellular level in health and disease. However, it is a partial ...

AA are organic compounds that combine to form proteins. Read on as we share a list of plant-based foods that can help you ...

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

New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein ...