Mutations in L-amino acid transporters (LATs) can lead to a wide range of conditions, such as autism, hearing loss and aminoacidurias. This study presents key data on how amino acids bind to these ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a database that provides updated predicted structures on a ...

Proteins help compose many of the essential parts of an organism, and to make them, a cell must first generate mRNA from the genes in the genome that code for protein. Cellular machines called ...

Every function in a cell is associated with a particular protein or group of proteins, typically in a well-defined ...

Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of life’s beginnings, by demonstrating that RNA molecules can link short chains of amino acids together. The findings, published on 11 May ...

Researchers discovered that the common amino acid arginine can block harmful Aβ aggregation and reduce its toxic effects in ...