Enzymes are amazing catalysts. These proteins are made of nothing more than a handful of Earth-abundant elements, and they promote a vast array of reactions, convert chemical energy to physical motion ...

Gifu University scientists have uncovered how a brain-specific enzyme reshapes protein-linked sugar chains to facilitate the formation of complex glycans essential for normal brain function. These ...

Living organisms arose from lifeless chemistry. But how? Perhaps the chemicals that support life as we know it also supported primordial life. If so, primordial life relied on RNA and DNA, as the RNA ...