Articles by Topic "Unnatural amino acids"

1. What Do Unnatural Amino Acids Really Change? Site-Specific Observation, Functional Engineering, and Property Optimization in Proteins and Peptides
   posted this at Apr 1, 2026

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   The real change brought by unnatural amino acids is that they can now be designed around clearly defined goals. The 20 standard amino acids provide the default set of side chains used by biological systems; unnatural amino acids, by contrast, bring new functional groups, spectroscopic readouts, ...