Researchers have identified a new function of a well-known enzyme: the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the quality control of membrane proteins. The discovery of this new function for a ...

Once thought of as having one simple job within cells, researchers continue to learn more about the importance of organelles called lysosomes. An organelle is a small structure in a cell that is ...

Plants are consummate chemists, using the sun's energy and carbon dioxide from the air, to conjure a dazzling array of ...

Researchers from the U.K. and Japan used the Diamond Light Source synchrotron in Oxfordshire and the Photon Factory synchotron in Tsukuba, Japan, to solve the 3D structure of an enzyme that plays a ...

Chemistry researchers at the University of Utah have uncovered an enzyme, dubbed PapB, that can "tie off" therapeutic ...

Researchers have discovered how sperm cells perform an extraordinary metabolic transformation after ejaculation, from quiet ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz has discovered a previously unknown ...

Cancer researcher Chi Van Dang studies pharmacokinetics—the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a ...