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Ancient ambidextrous protein breaks the rules of molecular handedness

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that the motif can interact with both natural and mirror-image nucleic acids, an ...
Forbes

How New Technology Is Making Plant-Based Foods Taste And Look Better

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Synthetic biology author. May 13, 2021, 09:00am EDT May 13, 2021, 09:14am EDT This article is more than 4 years old. Motif’s ...
The Scientist

Viruses Target Super-Short Protein Motifs to Disrupt Host Biology

Only recently appreciated as critical components of cellular functions, unstructured stretches of amino acids called SLiMs are key to viral-host interactions. During an early COVID-19 lockdown in ...
Food

‘A gamechanger for flavor in meat alternatives…’ Motif FoodWorks to launch heme-binding protein delivering ‘flavor and aroma of real meat’

Motif FoodWorks has submitted a GRAS notification for myoglobin, a heme-binding protein found in the muscle tissue of cows that Motif is expressing in a genetically engineered yeast strain. The ...
Food

Motif FoodWorks launches HEMAMI heme-binding protein delivering the ‘flavor and aroma of real meat,' receives GRAS no questions letter from FDA

So how does Motif’s myoglobin compare to Impossible Foods’ soy legehemoglobin, which the company has said ‘makes meat taste like meat’? “It's a different protein,” said Leonard. “The operative ...