Markus Muttenthaler

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The medicinal chemist Markus Muttenthaler of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Vienna conducts research on the further development of a method that allows for the labelling of amino acids using isotopes. In the future, the production of amino acids should be facilitated. Amino acids that are labelled with isotopes can lead to a better understanding of complex biological problems, such as the structure elucidation of proteins, the interactions of molecules with their receptors or the distribution and metabolisation of drugs in the human body.