Peptides

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Breakthrough in Nanotechnology: Peptide Self-Assembly Advances Chiral Nanostructures

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant strides in the field of nanotechnology by demonstrating precise control over helical nanostructures using sequence-specific dipeptide-naphthalenediimide (NDI) conjugates. This research, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, has opened new avenues for designing functional chiral nanomaterials. The findings

Biochemistry

Metabolic Footprinting Reveals Distinct Phenotypes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Succinate Dehydrogenase Mutations

A recent study from the University of Alberta's Department of Biochemistry has shed new light on the intricate connections between mutations, metabolism, and disease. Employing NMR-based metabolic footprinting and multivariate statistical analysis, researchers S.S. Szeto and colleagues examined the metabolic footprints of Saccharomyces cerevisiae succinate dehydrogenase mutants.