Storing genetic material as DNA or RNA is all well and good for life on Earth, but it would be entirely pointless if we ...

Starving yeast cells create a protective barrier in mitochondria that could reveal how cancer survives and resists treatment ...

An engineered E. coli strain survived after one amino acid was designed out of many of its ribosomal proteins—an early test ...

Glutathione balance in the ER, controlled by SLC33A1, is essential for proper protein folding and disease prevention.

Scientists have pinpointed the enzyme YcaO as responsible for a rare ribosomal protein modification in several pathogenic bacteria, a process absent in humans. The finding could open new avenues for ...

Scientists have identified the enzyme YcaO in E. coli as solely responsible for thioamidating the ribosomal protein uL16, a modification absent in humans but present in several harmful bacteria. This ...