A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered—which ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth have discovered the mechanism by which collagen, the most common protein in the ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...

Genome analysis and protein modeling reveals Methylocystis suflitae's high-efficiency methane-to-PHA conversion (11.90 mg PHA ...

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A new study reveals a possible protein misfolding mechanism that may resolve a long-standing mystery of why certain proteins ...

“For the interactions of proteins with other molecule types we see at least ... “Experimental protein-structure prediction can take about the length of a PhD and cost hundreds of thousands ...

The findings shed light on how organic molecules like collagen may survive for tens of millions of years within dinosaur ...

Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by McGill University ...