Researchers have identified a new function of a well-known enzyme: the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the quality control of membrane proteins. The discovery of this new function for a ...

In this corner: the state-of-the-art enzyme function prediction tool … the Bioinformatic Brawler … the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool for proteins … BLASTp! And in this corner: the contender … the ...

In a new study published today in Nature Communications, we present a step towards more productive crops: a simple, tiny box ...

Australian researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice ...

Once thought of as having one simple job within cells, researchers continue to learn more about the importance of organelles called lysosomes. An organelle is a small structure in a cell that is ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

The microbiome—the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body—plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

A bacterial enzyme could make it possible to produce the plastic building block ethylene without the emission of CO₂.

UC Santa Barbara assistant professor Yang Yang has been named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a first for a UCSB faculty member. “This special HHMI ...