Nearly seven years ago, MIT scientists mapped the molecular structure of proteins in spider silk threads onto musical theory to produce the "sound" of silk in hopes of establishing a radical new way ...

Although the myriad proteins found in all life are largely built from a set of 20 amino acids, many other amino acids exist in nature, and it remains a curiosity as to why some were ultimately ...

Chemists have found a way to turn alcohol into amino acids, the building blocks of life. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Chemistry, researchers explained the transformation, which ...

While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what's going on in a cell or a person's body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into ...

New research from Kyushu University in Japan could one day help provide humans living away from Earth some of the nutrients they need to survive in space or even give clues to how life started.

Alongside the classical 20 protein amino acids, which are used to build proteins, there are more than 1000 non-protein amino acids in nature. Occasional mistakes can mean these non-protein amino acids ...

In an experiment that closely simulated conditions likely to have been present in the primitive Earth, bubbling simple volcanic gas into a solution containing amino acids brought about the formation ...

“Quite simply, the widespread introduction of amino acids in the form of powers, pills, or capsules is the most exciting advance in health and nutrition in 25 years.” These are the words of Robert ...