RNA, a molecular thread comprising four bases, creates the blueprint for the production of proteins from amino acids. These proteins, in turn, drive all biochemical reactions inside cells.

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein in the body. There are 20 amino acids in total and these are generally broken down into non-essential and essential amino acids.

Proteins are life's molecular workhorses, doing everything from turning sunlight into food to fighting viruses. They are ...

A new study shows that high consumption of certain types of amino acids is linked to a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes. After accounting for demographics and lifestyle, the findings did not ...

However, many have hypothesized that before the advent of cellular life, amino acids must have been generated from completely different precursors, aldehydes, rather than α-keto acids, since ...

By Joe Wuebben Published: Oct 25, 2023 10:16 AM EDT ...

Scientists are making a case for adjusting our understanding of how exactly genes first emerged. For a while, there’s been a consensus about the order in which the building-block amino acids ...