Amino acids are essential for nearly every process in the human body. Often referred to as "the building blocks of life," ...

To ensure that protein production in our cells runs smoothly, the protein complex NAC slows down the rate of protein ...

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 a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...