In the past several decades, significant progress has been made in controlling molecular chirality, as evidenced by the several Nobel Prizes in chemistry awarded in this area, particularly for ...

Why do problems occur with a special variant of 'protein glues', the split inteins, that severely limit their use in producing proteins? A team has now answered this question.

Proteins are the building blocks of life. They consist of folded peptide chains, which in turn are made up of a series of ...

Scientists have shown that a sequence of just three amino acids may reduce the severity of psoriasis, when applied topically in an emollient cream.

Chemists from HSE University and the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INEOS RAS) have developed a new method for synthesising amides, essential ...

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Researchers discovered peptides that permanently block a key cancer protein once thought untreatable, using a new screening method to test their effectiveness inside cells. For the first time, scienti ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective at killing both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, along ...

Bond investors are eyeing Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement with “heightened caution”, wary of policy shifts and how they could affect their money – including pensions. Financial advisers ...

Lysine is one of the essential amino acids that the body cannot make and that people need to obtain from dietary sources. Lysine, also called L-lysine, is an amino acid necessary for many bodily ...