Researchers developed a technique to gain a deeper understanding of ribosome function and their cooperative behaviors.

The simplest way to decipher the code would be to start with an mRNA molecule of known sequence, use it to direct the synthesis of a protein, and then determine the amino acid sequence of the ...

A research team from POSTECH has developed a biodegradable polymer-based delivery system that efficiently transports mRNA.

In a new paper in Nano Letters, the researchers demonstrate how peptides—short strings of amino acids—can serve as precise targeting molecules, enabling LNPs to deliver mRNA specifically to ...

For example, a sequence for an mRNA molecule might be: AUG-GGU-CAA-UAA. Each one of these codons corresponds to a specific ...

Within the ribosome, the mRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA complexes are held together closely, which facilitates base-pairing. The rRNA catalyzes the attachment of each new amino acid to the growing chain.

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor is the single life form that branched ...

Lots of it. Many ribosomes can be working on a single strand of mRNA at once. Protein synthesis isn't a slow process, either. A protein chain 400 amino acids long can be assembled in 20 seconds!

Grozdanov explained that alternative polyadenylation is an RNA-processing mechanism that determines how an mRNA amino acid sequence ends by selecting specific sites called polyadenylation sites.

The small subunit had gone away; the mRNA had gone away. We thought the ribosome was completely in destruction mode. So why was it bringing in a tRNA with an amino acid ready to be added on to the ...

The newly formed strand of mRNA is now ready to leave the nucleus ... Peptide bonds form between the adjacent amino acids to finalise the structure.