The ability of protein kinases to transfer a phosphate group to target proteins plays an important role in many cellular ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, single cells joined forces to become multicellular organisms ... without a background in ...

Nature Chemical Biology ... Doubtless, these mainline chemical biology efforts in the service of cell biology will be addressed in other commentaries in this series by more expert practitioners 1.

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to shuttle drugs through the body, scientists say they have built a minimal synthetic cell that follows an external chemical ...

‘Synthetic’ cell shown to follow chemical directions and change shape, a vital biological function. Johns Hopkins Medicine. Journal Science Advances ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

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ATP is like a charged battery, storing energy in its chemical bonds. If a cell needs to spend that energy, it breaks off one of the molecule’s three phosphate groups and the energy bound up in that ...

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To activate the vesicle's chemical-sensing ability, researchers planted two proteins that act as molecular switches—called FKBP and FRB—within the synthetic cell.