tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post6987058250976369111..comments2024-03-19T00:24:23.577-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: The textbooks are wrong about protein synthesis according to a press release from the University of UtahLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-40626808042345140862015-01-07T06:21:40.893-05:002015-01-07T06:21:40.893-05:00Agree. While Matthew displays proper perspective o...Agree. While Matthew displays proper perspective on the Central Dogma it is ultimately much ado about nothing as the enzyme activity has nothing to do with CD concept.SRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299706694667706149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22099047939790855262015-01-07T06:15:46.467-05:002015-01-07T06:15:46.467-05:00Not too familiar with nature of university press o...Not too familiar with nature of university press offices, but I would doubt there is anyone in such an office that would be knowledgable enough regarding mol biology to construct such a press release without a great deal of help from the researchers themselves.SRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299706694667706149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-85502941588242085182015-01-06T22:36:26.504-05:002015-01-06T22:36:26.504-05:00Joe: "Maybe hold the researchers responsible ...Joe: "Maybe hold the researchers responsible for them?"<br /><br />I got a real idea.<br /><br />How about if Larry and the readers of this blog hold an awards contest for the most exaggerated BS press release of the year.<br /><br />Call it the Pressiopath Award. Make it a golden cow turd, and award it, NOT to the offending university's press office, but to the scientists whose work was being touted. Hold them responsible. They get the golden turd.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90035790057865743332015-01-06T21:47:48.896-05:002015-01-06T21:47:48.896-05:00I think the problem is two-fold unfortunately. Som...I think the problem is two-fold unfortunately. Sometimes scientists and/or the press offices. Bold claims are easy publicity for the university, but also some scientists make bold claims as they try dumb down the science.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2680810433494774482015-01-06T21:45:35.977-05:002015-01-06T21:45:35.977-05:00There have been some really interesting University...There have been some really interesting University press releases recently which have attracted criticism from reputable publishers. However, they did point out that the problem is also sometimes the researchers selling claims (or dumbing the science down to much) that are just not true. Either way, scientists really need to keep their press offices in line and press offices really need to do fact checking. Its after all a form of journalism and it should be unbiased and ethical.<br /><br />Good post.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-77681265826481527372015-01-06T20:53:15.207-05:002015-01-06T20:53:15.207-05:00But the amino acid chains of peptidoglycan and pep...But the amino acid chains of peptidoglycan and peptide antibiotics are assembled by sets of dedicated enzymes, entirely independent of ribosomes. <br /><br />Is this the first example of non-templated synthesis of an amino-acid chain by the ribosomal protein synthesis machinery?Rosie Redfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807912674127645263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-32558580493664590252015-01-06T15:27:11.506-05:002015-01-06T15:27:11.506-05:00We really, really, need to do something about univ...<i>We really, really, need to do something about university press releases. </i><br /><br />Agreed. Maybe hold the researchers responsible for them?Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-31216400236813316292015-01-06T15:09:30.613-05:002015-01-06T15:09:30.613-05:00"Let me just add that the synthesis of peptid...<i>"Let me just add that the synthesis of peptides with defined sequences in the absence of mRNA and ribosomes has been described in most textbooks since the 1980s."</i><br /><br />But Larry, Quest has explained over and over that <b>you can't make protein without DNA</b> and you can't make DNA without protein! Oh, you think you know more than a creationist just because you teach the subject?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-1647870896366568862015-01-06T12:08:44.676-05:002015-01-06T12:08:44.676-05:00Not a fan of the title of Matthew Cobb's post....Not a fan of the title of Matthew Cobb's post. CAT tails don't have anything to do with the Central Dogma. The alanine and threonine are added at random, in no particular order, therefore there is no sequence information associated with the CAT tail.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559721137290332762noreply@blogger.com