An easy method for efficiently identifying proteins that interact with bioactive molecules has been developed by chemical biologists at RIKEN. This innovation, published in ChemBioChem, could help to ...

Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that regulates the activity of N-myristoyltransferases. This enzyme plays a ...

Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in ...

But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say. Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread and more. News ...

When ribosomes go rogue Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread, and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.

“We wanted to know how quickly a human ribosome can read the genetic code, how quickly it finds the tRNA that’s complementary to the mRNA,” explained said co-first author Mikael Holm, PhD.

Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code for building proteins. To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of DNA, called mRNA. Then, another molecule called a ribosome reads the mRNA, translating it ...

A ribosome is composed of two subunits: large and small. During translation, ribosomal subunits assemble together like a sandwich on the strand of mRNA, where they proceed to attract tRNA ...

Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics, three decades since the last one came to market.