Secondly, the conventional method of synthesizing non-canonical amino acids is a complicated multi-step process. “Our process shortcuts non-canonical amino acid synthesis by three to five steps. For ...

Scripps researchers have developed a new paradigm for simply introducing non-canonical amino acids to proteins. Their strategy, disclosed in Nature Biotechnology on September 11 th, 2024, involves ...

Although threonine was the last of the 20 common amino acids, it was not the last of the proteinogenic amino acids. There were two more: selenocysteine, which was discovered in 1986, and ...

Researchers are building out the repertoire of chemical reactions, using light. They report a method using photobiocatalysis to produce non-canonical (not naturally occurring) amino acids that are ...

For the first time, scientists have found the building blocks for life on an asteroid in space. Japanese researchers have discovered more than 20 amino acids on the space rock Ryugu, which is more ...

More information: Hina Kosakamoto et al, Context-dependent impact of the dietary non-essential amino acid tyrosine on Drosophila physiology and longevity, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126 ...

Japanese researchers recently announced that Ryugu carries strains of no less than 20 different amino acids — the building blocks of life itself!

Secondly, the conventional method of synthesizing non-canonical amino acids is a complicated multi-step process. “Our process shortcuts non-canonical amino acid synthesis by three to five steps.