This film creatively illustrates the process of protein synthesis through dance, symbolizing the assembly of amino acids into proteins. It explains how genes encode instructions for amino acid ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

Specifically, eIF-5A helps when the ribosome encounters challenging parts of mRNA, which would otherwise cause the ribosome to stall. eIF-5A contains a unique amino acid called hypusine. Hypusine is ...