The manufacture of proteins by ribosomes involves complex interactions of diverse nucleic-acid and protein ligands. Single-molecule studies allow us, for the first time, to follow the synthesis of ...

By resolving the structure of the 90S pre-ribosome in the yeast Chaetomium thermophilum, Kornprobst et al. provide an answer to this question.The authors identified features in their structure by ...

In the beginning -- of the ribosome, the cell's protein-building workbench -- there were ribonucleic acids, the molecules we call RNA that today perform a host of vital functions in cells.

Led by Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Jewett, researchers created a new version of an engineered tethered ribosome dubbed Ribo-T, which provides a foundation to propel broad, new efforts in ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic cellular component, or organelle, that ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University say they have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic organelle that produces all ...

Every second, new proteins are produced in every cell of our body as part of its normal metabolism. Ribosomes, molecular complexes composed of numerous components, are the main actors involved in this ...

Human cells contain ribosomes, a complex machine that produces proteins for the rest of the body. Now the researchers have come closer to understanding how the ribosome works. "It is amazing that ...

HHMI scientists and their colleagues discover a new mechanism of protein synthesis. Ribosomes are the cell’s molecular machines, responsible for translating genetic information in messenger RNA into ...

We then examined whether the ribosomes had changed, and indeed, we observed that they did,” said Lund. Their results may shed a light on the biological processes that are crucial for the ...