Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

Scientists discovered chemical reactions that place amino acids on tRNAs and extend peptide chains without enzymes, a key ...

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

New results from ultrafast spectroscopy and in-depth theoretical calculations demonstrate that the complex folded structure of tRNA is stabilized by magnesium ions in direct contact with phosphate ...

The structure of a key enzyme involved in protein production is revealed by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Using cryo-EM, researchers at Goethe University (Frankfurt, Germany) shed light on ...

Magnesium contact ions stabilize the macromolecular structure of transfer RNA Date: December 9, 2020 Source: Forschungsverbund Berlin Summary: In cells transfer RNA (tRNA) translates genetic ...

EMBL Grenoble’s Kowalinski Group analysed the structure of an enzyme responsible for modifying tRNA molecules to fine-tune protein production. They discovered that to distinguish almost ...

The findings reveal how the absence of TRMT10A leads to a reduction in specific transfer RNA (tRNA) levels, disrupting protein synthesis in the brain and impairing synaptic structure and function.

Transfer RNA (tRNA) has a very specific shape that enables it to shepherd amino acids to the cellular machinery that is building a protein from mRNA. When viruses infect human cells, they can hijack ...

Researchers at the Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB) and the Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN) at the ...