Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

Researchers analyzed the role of NUDT5 and its interaction with other proteins in the folate pathway and in regulating purine synthesis.

Tertiary Structure: The overall three-dimensional shape of a single polypeptide chain, resulting from interactions between ...

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria—rather than fossil fuels—to produce ethylene, a ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms that lack cell nuclei) an immunity against foreign DNA.

Glycans are important complex carbohydrates found on cell surfaces that serve crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication, structure, and protection. They are attached to many proteins in the body, ...

Malathy Palayam, Aleczander Young, Lior Tal, and Nitzan Shabek at the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology are exploring the mechanism by which the plant hormone strigoractone regulates a massive ...

New modeling shows how synonymous mutations -- those that change the DNA sequence of a gene but not the sequence of the encoded protein -- can still impact protein production and function. New ...

A change in the DNA sequence of a codon may not change the corresponding amino acid residue in the encoded protein because each residue can be encoded by several codons. This is called the Wobble ...