Proteins serve as the fundamental components of life, composed of folded peptide chains made up of a sequence of amino acids.

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

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Antimicrobial resistance is a global issue, making the search for a new generation of antibiotics imperative. Scientists ...

Why do problems occur with a special variant of ‘protein glues’, the split inteins, that severely limit their use in ...

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 ...