Protein synthesis refers to the process by which cells construct proteins. It's a fundamental cellular mechanism for all ...

Cells are crowded with macromolecules, which limits the diffusion of proteins, especially in prokaryotic cells without active transport in the cytoplasm. While investigating the relationship between ...

Having solved the first crystal structure of a eukaryotic ribosome, scientists are now getting a new, more detailed look at the machinery that translates the genetic code into proteins in all living ...

Nascent polypeptide chains undergo a variety of co-translational processing and maturation steps 1,2. N-terminal enzymatic modifications, such as the removal of N-terminal methionines by methionine ...

A new study shows that eukaryotic ribosomes can be modified to respond to antibiotics in the same way that prokaryotic ribosomes do. According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the ...

Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes respond to the same RNA structure, initiating protein synthesis and thereby defying longstanding expectations. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes, it was long believed, relied ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital report that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial ribosomes, but do so more accurately. The study “mRNA ...