Peptide Synthesis
Peptide Synthesis: the production of peptides, which are organic compounds in which multiple amino acids are linked via amide bonds, also known as peptide bonds. The biological process of producing long peptides (proteins) is known as protein biosynthesis. Peptides are synthesized by coupling the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another amino acid molecule. Peptides are used to prepare epitope-specific antibodies, map antibody epitopes and enzyme binding sites and to design novel enzymes, drugs and vaccines.
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MAR 01, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
MAR 01, 2019
Obesity is now considered an epidemic by WHO; they estimate that 2.8 million people die every year because they are overweight....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2019
Drug Discovery
JAN 23, 2019
According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, scientists at the University of Southern California discovered that a drug used for...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 03, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
JAN 03, 2019
The nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, the endocrine system; these are all physiological systems that have probably made it in...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JUN 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 04, 2018
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unknown....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
MAY 17, 2018
Scientists constructed a three-dimensional molecule that could replicate genetic material in an effort to learn more about how life on earth began....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2018
Microbiology
MAR 13, 2018
Our bodies are host to millions of microbes, many of which play essential roles in maintaining our health....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
JUL 26, 2017
Peptide and protein drugs like insulin are critical medications. Most of them cannot be taken orally because they will be digested in the intestine and bro...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JUL 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
JUL 11, 2017
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
JUN 13, 2017
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell to communicate with each other. &nb...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 25, 2017
Microbiology
JAN 25, 2017
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out there. André Gratia get...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
NOV 28, 2016
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections—survive there because they can...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
NOV 19, 2016
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of, prompting warnings about the dang...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 03, 2016
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have learned more about how two common antibiotics, chloramphenicol and linezolid, work. This new m...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2015
Microbiology
APR 03, 2015
Researchers in Switzerland and Japan say they have developed a rapid, simple, and safe method for generating large libraries of novel organic molecules in ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
