ATP

A cell’s metabolic program provides insight into its fitness and function.

The cells’ mitochondria skip a key metabolic reaction that takes place in other cells in the body, a study finds.

When Caulobacter crescentus finds itself in a nutrient-poor environment, it clusters an enzyme necessary for cell division thanks to a physical phenomenon known as phase separation so it can make better use of dwindling fuel.

When the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus runs low on fuel, it can still replicate by clustering its remaining ATP around the cell division enzyme DivJ.

Universal kinase assays can quickly and effectively screen and triage novel hits.

A single-celled organism has an energy-producing enzyme with unique features.

Even if people exercise, hydrogen peroxide and other reactive molecules continue to accumulate in the tissues.

Timekeepers in muscle help mediate metabolism, and may influence neurological processes such as sleep.

The UCLA researcher was lauded for figuring out how ATP synthase works.

Sensory neurons in the tip of the zebrafish nose respond to molecular signals released from food sources.

An optical reporter quantitatively measures the ATP demands of presynaptic neurons.

Scientists identify an extracellular ATP receptor in plants.

When stretched, lung cells signal to each other by releasing ATP.

Purinergic signaling, not mystical energy, may explain how acupuncture works.

The recipients of the 1997 Nobel Prizes in science, who will receive their awards on December 10, have traveled the vigorous intellectual journey of science.