How did life originate? Ancient proteins may hold important clues. Every organism on Earth is made up of proteins. Although all organisms—even single-celled ones—have complex protein structures now, ...

Proteins and peptides are the primary functional polymers of medical biochemistry, directing virtually all cellular processes through their structural diversity, catalytic activities and signalling ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited to ...

Thomas Makris, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, wants to unlock the inner biochemical ...

A new hybrid framework called HDOCK-Multimer combines protein-protein docking with combinatorial assembly to predict the ...

Folding proteins, genetic activity and electrical signaling pathways are the easiest targets for finding irregularities that lead to disease. Recent research, however, has pointed to a different type ...

A new method developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions allows researchers to better understand how RNA works. The method, published in Molecular Cell, is a powerful ...

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work on protein structure. Atila Altuntas / Anadolu via Getty Images On Wednesday morning, ...

A graphic image of a blue protein spiral with yellow and magenta strings running alongside it. A graphic representation of a protein. New research suggests that natural protein sequences haven’t ...

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their breakthrough work predicting and designing the structure of proteins, the ...

A grayscale ribbon representation of a protein with space filling representations of a steroid (orange) and β-lactamase active site (green). One of the hormone-binding protein switches Credit: Kirill ...

DNA can be more than just a double helix. When four strands are folded into a compact bundle, they form a G-quadruplex (G4).