Two new options for making designer proteins made news in 2001—both from labs at Scripps Research Institute. Since 2001, Schimmel and Schultz have taken different directions with unnatural amino acids ...

How did life originate? Ancient proteins may hold important clues. Every organism on Earth is made up of proteins. Although all organisms—even single-celled ones—have complex protein structures now, ...

Accurately and rapidly quantifying protein content is essential for modern biology, biochemistry, and biophysics laboratories worldwide. Researchers are focused on determining total protein content, ...

While working out the structure of a cell-killing protein produced by some strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, researchers stumbled on a bit of unusual biochemistry. They found that a ...

Very effective protein compound soon to be tested on patients The active ingredient comprises several DARPins (designed ankyrin repeat proteins). This new class of protein compounds that are easy to ...