The building blocks of proteins are amino acids, which are small organic molecules ... side chains. The chemistry of amino acid side chains is critical to protein structure because these side ...

To develop a small-molecule drug, researchers spend years combing through thousands of organic compounds ... But not all target proteins were receptive to this method, called structure-based ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy transthyretin moves hormones through blood and spinal fluid, misfolded ...

In living organisms, protein molecules with different chemical structures called proteoforms, are produced from a single gene ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

The researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry were able to determine the 3D structure of SAMURI using ... them or render them recognisable by proteins. Such modifications have some ...