Thousands of previously undescribed protein–metabolite interactions have been mapped by analysing outbred mice.

If you have ever cooked on a gas stove or seen a flame flicker to life with the turn of a knob, you have seen natural gas in ...

Bacterial styrene oxidase isomerase has been known to science for more than three decades, but its mechanism of action has ...

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich ...

These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

A new study, published in Nature Genetics, created the largest genetic map of human metabolism, revealing new insights into ...

Through DNA origami, oligonucleotides form complex nanostructures, driving advancements in nanotechnology and offering ...

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

On Jan. 10, Chinese scientists uploaded the genetic sequence of a novel coronavirus, later named SARS-CoV-2, to an open-access website, GenBank. The virus had been linked to a growing number of ...

Proteins Bind to Metals Necessary for Life Proteins start off as long strands of smaller molecules called amino acids, linked together like beads on a string. But before these molecules can do their ...