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Lysine amino acids, in particular, have complicated the addition of functional molecules to the N-terminus of peptides. The ...

Sialic acids are a family of alpha-keto acid sugars with a nine-carbon backbone, functioning as terminal sugars on cell ... of Neu5Ac produces various amino sugar derivatives such as N ...

Drugs targeting amyloid plaques have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials. A new approach is needed to tackle AD ...

Lysobacter, the natural host of α-lytic protease, secretes large amounts of protease molecules to scavenge amino acids from proteins present in the extracellular milieu (the concentration of α ...

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C-terminal amidation is a PTM that involves the addition of an amid group to the C-terminus of a peptide or protein. Currently there is no direct evidence to suggest that C-terminal amidation of ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

(Hint: It’s a lot.) A biggie as of late? Amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. The 11 amino acids our bodies synthesize are called “nonessential,” but we need nine others (k ...