Ribosomes are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place. Cells have many ribosomes, and the exact number depends on how active a particular cell is in synthesizing proteins.

Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in their paper in Nature. Ribosomes, the cell's dedicated molecular ...

Imagine a cancer treatment that precisely targets malignant cells, leaving healthy ones untouched. Consider, also, a cancer treatment that corrects abnormal protein synthesis to produce healthy ...

researchers can gain deeper insights into cellular processes and the role of protein synthesis in health and disease. Long-term imaging of individual ribosomes reveals ribosome cooperativity in ...

Imagine a breakthrough in cancer treatment where only malignant cells are targeted, sparing healthy host cells; or patients ...

Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in ...

Imagine a breakthrough in cancer treatment where only malignant cells are targeted, sparing healthy host cells; or patients with abnormal protein synthesis are treated to produce a healthy protein.

Key structures involved include RNA polymerase, the nuclear pore complex, and ribosomes with transfer RNAs. (Image: adapted from Wikimedia Commons, public domain) The Central Dogma of Molecular ...

Sustained increases in soil temperature cause microbes to dial down protein synthesis over the course of years but ... enzymes will work faster,” allowing the microbes to sacrifice ribosomes but still ...

The large subunit rRNA, in particular, is responsible for the peptidyl transferase reaction, which catalyzes the formation of peptide bonds between amino acids during protein synthesis. This discovery ...

More information: Natalia Khalatyan et al, Ribosome customization and functional diversification among P-stalk proteins regulate late poxvirus protein synthesis, Cell Reports (2025). DOI ...

Watching ribosomes in action "Sometimes ... can gain deeper insights into cellular processes and the role of protein synthesis in health and disease.