Ribose (D-ribose) is a natural, simple sugar used as a dietary supplement. It may speed exercise recovery, help with heart conditions, and smooth wrinkles. But with few studies, it's still unclear if ...

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in the transport of multiple substrates across cellular membranes, including metabolites, proteins, and drugs. Employing a functional fluorochrome ...

What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this mystery. Their experiments show that ribose binds more readily and ...

Researchers at Gifu University’s Institute for Glyco-core Research have developed two synthetic approaches to produce a fragment of a molecule called poly(ADP-ribose). By developing two ways to ...

The sugar ribose is more quickly phosphorylated compared to other sugars with the same chemical formula but a different shape. This selective phosphorylation could explain how ribose became the sugar ...

In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these molecules form before life (and enzymes) existed? Why did some molecules end up ...