Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients ...

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A (L398I), B (L509I), and C (T338S), controlling chemo-/regio-selectivity of CYP72A63 for rare licorice triterpenoids production [83]; D, rational design of CYP87D20 with evolutionary information for ...

Protein is a hot topic in the nutrition world, especially with the release of the 2026-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines. As a dietitian, I’m often asked how much protein people need daily. The answer ...

While rare, the fungal infection mucormycosis can be fatal. It tends to impact individuals who are immunocompromised or who have diabetes. This fungus can grow into blood vessels, destroying tissue, ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research project that changed biology and chemistry forever. To understand what the ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in our cells. They now show that this complex also controls the processing of ...

A research team led by Prof. XU Zhiheng from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified Tapt1, together with its partner Suco, as important ...

The study presents valuable findings of an optimized E. coli cell-free protein synthesis (eCFPS) system that has been simplified by reducing the number of core components from 35 to 7; furthermore, ...

“I’ll be shocked if we don’t see more and more LLM impact on science,” says John Jumper. In 2017, fresh off a PhD on theoretical chemistry, John Jumper heard rumors that Google DeepMind had moved on ...