WHAT ARE PEPTIDES? Peptides are macro molecules that contain amino acid monomers linked together by peptide (amide) bonds. The covalent bonds are formed when the carboxyl group of one amino acid reacts with the amino group of another. Peptides are… Read More ›
“3-phosphoglyceryl-lysine or pgK” is a newly discovered functional protein modification! The more scientists look the more they find ! . Can this new functional amino acid modification provide insights in the causes of diabetes, cancer, and other metabolic disorders in… Read More ›
It appears that Fmoc based solid phase polypeptide synthesis (SPPS) is the winner. … An evaluation of 53 different laboratories that synthesized polypeptides by members of the ‘ABRF Committee on Peptide Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry’ done in 1993 showed that… Read More ›
The answer is: … CHO cells can be infected in bioreactors with viruses such as Vesivirus 2117! … The presence of a virus in a bioreactor can inflict major losses for biotech and pharmaceutical companies involved in the manufacturing of… Read More ›
Micro peptides are short, unprocessed peptides with biological functions! . Do noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) code for micro peptides? . Yes, apparently this appears to be the case! . In protein synthesis RNA acts as a template for cellular proteins and… Read More ›
