Introduction Definition of Peptides Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds, typically consisting of 2 to ...

On Nov. 5, the Korea Institute of Materials Science signs a business agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for cooperation ...

This mechanism suggested that upon the protein interaction with the ice lattice, the complex structure reaches the lowest optimum energy level, which is the most favorable position for the polypeptide ...

A new study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an “outside in” signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell. The work, ...

This paper addresses the important question of quantifying epistasis patterns, which affect the predictability of evolution, by reanalyzing a recently published combinatorial deep mutational scan ...

What is ALPK2, and how can it help treat heart failure? Researchers have found that this heart-specific enzyme may prevent ...

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties.

This manuscript describes an important finding of the transcriptional control of a chimeric gene transfer agents (GTA) cluster in Bartonella by a processive anti-termination factor (BrrG). The ...

This depends on the type of enzyme. The enzyme pepsin breaks down proteins in the acidic conditions of the stomach. Pepsin has an optimum of pH 2.5 and a working range of between pH 1-4.

Three lovely back-to-school traditions from around the world ...