The building blocks of proteins, amino acids, are essential for all living things. Twenty different amino acids build the ...

Cholera bacteria use specific D-amino acids to escape unfavorable niches and form complex ecological systems. This is shown by a study led by a research group at Umeå University, Sweden. The discovery ...

Just as bricks are key components in constructing a building, molecules known as amino acids are essential components in constructing proteins in the body. Recently, researchers in Japan investigated ...

Osaka, Japan – Just as bricks are key components in constructing a building, molecules known as amino acids are essential components in constructing proteins in the body. Recently, researchers in ...

Chiral analysis of amino acids has gained considerable prominence as researchers strive to understand the subtle roles that enantiomers play in biological systems. The ability to distinguish between ...

D-serine is a representative D-form amino acid and has crucial roles in mammals, but its role in non-mammals is unclear. Researchers from Japan recently uncovered a functional role of D-serine in a ...

Newly discovered enzymes that are vital for bacterial defenses can also help chemists characterize the stereochemistry in natural products. The enzymes cut proteins between unusual amino acids, ...

All biological amino acids on Earth appear exclusively in their left-handed form, but the reason underlying this observation is elusive. Recently, scientists uncovered new clues about the cosmic ...