Further developments The new photo-on-demand NCA synthesis method developed through this research enables large quantities of NCAs (which are polypeptide precursors) to be synthesized in a safe, ...

Animals such as spiders make fibers which are strong and elastic. These fibers have a polypeptide structure and serve as inspiration for research into the development of functional materials.

How did catalytic organic polymers emerge on prebiotic Earth? Answering this essential question will unlock key understandings in the origin of life. A team of scientists at Tohoku University have ...

Synthetic polypeptides constitute a class of biomimetic polymers assembled from amino acid monomers, designed to emulate the structural and functional complexity of natural proteins. Advances in ...

High-resolution structures of nascent polypeptide chains in complex with the ribosome — the cell’s protein-synthesis machinery — reveal how the ribosome guides protein folding. Ribosomal attachment ...