Complex sugar-protein molecules that sense external messages to help a cell grow or respond to its environment can now be tracked and analysed, using a Nobel Prize-winning chemistry technique.

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The sugar ribose is more quickly phosphorylated compared to other sugars with the same chemical formula but a different shape. This selective phosphorylation could explain how ribose became the sugar ...