Amino acid transporters play a critical role in cellular metabolism by mediating the uptake of essential amino acids required for protein synthesis, energy production and cell signalling. In cancer, ...

Glutamate transporters pump glutamate from the synaptic cleft back into brain cells after its release during neurotransmission. A new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has found that free ...

Plants produce all amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialised cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) ...

Metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is an advanced and progressive liver disease that potentially causes cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Exercise is a crucial and effective ...

Life uses 20 amino acid building blocks, from which proteins are assembled. Although limiting the number to 20 building blocks allows for a wide variety of protein structures and functions, it also ...