Scientists have uncovered key new information towards understanding the crucial first step in protein synthesis, the process by which the genetic code, harbored within DNA and copied into RNA, is ...

Myristoylation is a co-translational process catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferases (NMTs) on ribosomes, but its mechanism ...

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is a highly conserved, non-coding RNA that plays crucial structural and catalytic roles in protein synthesis as a key component of ribosomes.

A recent study published in the journal Aging sheds light on how aging interferes with the brain’s ability to produce key ...

Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery about hemoglobin, the protein responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the ...

A study looking at the biophysical properties of an abnormal protein driving cancer cells is giving scientists new ...