Serine? So last century. Valine? Over it. Glycine? You’ve got to be kidding me. Those chemicals are part of the 20 amino acids that are typically incorporated into proteins. That means they have a ...

The Science Behind Complete Plant Proteins Research shows that while most plant proteins contain all essential amino acids, ...

The chains of amino acids that make up proteins are critical to every form of life. The complex ways that these proteins fold ...

A research group has explored how the chemical molecules that could have given rise to life were assembled. Life is a process that originated 3.5 billion years ago. It emerged when the basic ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

In 1929 British biochemist John Haldane (1892-1964) put forth the theory that the early atmosphere of Earth contained no free oxygen. Haldane and Soviet biochemist Aleksander Oparin (1894-1980) had ...

Of the 20 essential amino acids, nine are actually essential. Of those nine, three are branch-chain amino acids (BCAAs). Leucine falls into both groups. All BCAAS are vital for building and repairing ...

If alien life does live in the warm, hydrothermal oceans of such icy moons as Europa or Enceladus, we're now a step closer to being able to identify it with accuracy. Amino acids are the building ...

The question of how life could have emerged is one of the most long-standing mysteries in science. In a new study, the laboratory of LMU Professor Dieter Braun has uncovered an unexpected form of ...

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