Molecular Majesty: This Is How the Body’s Building Blocks Are Made
Human cells contain ribosomes, a complex machine that produces proteins for the rest of the body. Now the researchers have come closer to understanding how…
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New Research Sheds Light on the Formation of One of Nature’s Most Fundamental Molecules
Life runs on ribosomes. Every cell across the globe requires ribosomes to convert genetic data into the vital proteins required for the organism’s operation, and,…
Hijacking Cellular Factories: Retooling the Ribosomal Translation Machine to Biosynthesize Molecules
New research shows progress on playbook for programming ribosome to make diverse polymers. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, part of the National Science…
Synthetic Biologists Create New Platform for Engineering Ribosomes That Can Synthesize Materials
Biological toolkit could help enable new manufacturing approaches to sustainable materials and targeted therapies. Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University have developed a system that…
Conformational Changes of EF-G on the Ribosome During tRNA Translocation
New research from Yale University provides insights into the conformational space that EF-G samples on the ribosome and reveals that tRNA translocation on the ribosome…
Better Protein Creation is the Key to Longevity for the Naked Mole Rat
In a newly published study, University of Rochester researchers show that better-constructed proteins are the key to the naked mole rat’s longevity and health. Naked…
Atomic-Scale Structure of Ribosome Could Lead to Better Antibiotics
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have imaged the atom-by-atom structure of the ribosome attached to a molecule that controls its motion for the…