Nucleic Acids Research

Researchers connect life's blueprints with its energy source

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 24th, 2003

The Purdue University research team that recently created a tiny motor out of synthetic biological molecules has found further evidence that RNA molecules can perform physical work, a discovery that could advance nanotechnology and possibly solve fundamental mysteries about life itself.

Purdue's Peixuan Guo has discovered how viral RNA molecules bind the energy-bearing organic molecule, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). While linking these two substances might seem to create no more than a longer string of letters, the upshot is that now one of life's most mysterious and ancient storehouses of information can be moved by one of its most important fuels. The discovery...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2003-02-24)

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