Much of the difficulty of determining the contributions of individual residues to protein structure and function stems from the need to generate and evaluate a large number of mutants. The ...

What you need to know about this essential macronutrient and how it works. Reviewed by Dietitian Kelli McGrane, M.S., RD ...

The specific structure of a protein determines its unique biological function. (click on image to enlarge) (Image: National Human Genom Research Institute) Proteins are built from a set of 20 standard ...

Pregnant or breastfeeding women, older adults, and people recovering from illness may also need more protein. Some data ...

In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read ...

The information DNA contains is the instructions that the cell uses to make proteins. Proteins play a big part in determining the characteristics of specialised cells and whole organisms.

Protein is one of three essential macronutrients, alongside carbohydrates and fats. These are nutrients that the human body needs in relatively large quantities to function properly. Most official ...

Although the rational protein design approach offers an increased possibility of beneficial alterations, it is not easy to accurately predict the sequence-structure-function relationship, particularly ...

The latest version of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs’ AlphaFold model can predict the structure and relationships not only of proteins, but “all of life’s molecules”, according to its ...

In today’s digital transformation era, scientific inquiry is increasingly guided by computational tools that uncover intricate biological mechanisms. Sarika Kondra, along with co-authors Feng Chen, ...

After you eat a meal, zinc is taken up by the cells of your body. Inside each cell, zinc binds to proteins to support their structure and function. Researchers estimate that up to 10% of all proteins ...