For the first time, researchers have filmed in real time the disassembly of DNA at the atomic scale. This strand separation ...

Although the brain represents only 2% of body weight, it consumes 20% of our energy. A recent study sheds light on the ...

Scientists in Basel revealed that energy-producing proteins in mitochondria form large supercomplexes, boosting ATP ...

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the energy-carrying molecule used in cells because it can release energy very quickly. Energy is released from ATP when the end phosphate is removed. Once ATP has ...

According to molecular biologist Leslie Orgel, this is the single most counterintuitive idea in biology after Darwin ... the energy released in the form of ATP (the universal energy currency ...

Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, ...

Scientists have provided the most detailed account yet of the earliest stages of DNA replication, an essential process for ...

Mutations in the γ2 isoforms that cause human heart disease interfere with the binding of the regulatory nucleotides AMP and ATP. AMP binding to wild-type AMPK appears to prevent the interaction ...