Tiny beads preserve enzymes for biocatalysis
Model enzyme from an edible fungus Credit: © RUB, Marquard Model enzyme from an edible fungus “In plasma-driven biocatalysis, we ...
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Team creates synthetic enzymes to unravel molecular mysteries
A University of Texas at Dallas bioengineer has developed synthetic enzymes that can control the behavior of the signaling protein ...
Imaging the smallest atoms provides insights into an enzyme’s unusual biochemistry
Osaka, Japan – When your wounds heal and your liver detoxifies a poison such as histamine you ingested, you can ...
Engineering of plant cell wall modifying enzymes opens new horizons
A newly discovered way of optimising plant enzymes through bioengineering has increased knowledge of how plant material can be converted ...
On-off switch for enzymes
Light affects living organisms in many different ways: for example, plants orient their growth direction towards the sun, while circadian ...
AI predicts the work rate of enzymes
Enzymes play a key role in cellular metabolic processes. To enable the quantitative assessment of these processes, researchers need to ...
Rensselaer researcher receives grant to study enzymes in deep sea organisms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for ...
DNA damage repaired by antioxidant enzymes
In crisis, the nucleus calls antioxidant enzymes to the rescue. The nucleus being metabolically active is a profound paradigm shift ...
Mimicking biological enzymes may be key to hydrogen fuel production
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An ancient biological enzyme known as nickel-iron hydrogenase may play a key role in producing hydrogen for ...
DART VADAR harnesses the force of enzymes for better RNA drugs
More than twelve billion doses of mRNA vaccines have been administered globally since the start of the COVID pandemic, saving ...
tRNA-MaP: functional analyses of RNA-related enzymes using a next-generation DNA sequencer
Genetic information encoded in genomic DNA is transcribed to mRNAs and then the codons on mRNA are decoded by transfer ...
Cabbage white butterflies utilize two gut enzymes for maximum flexibility in deactivating mustard oil bombs
Cruciferous plants, such as cabbage, rapeseed, horseradish or mustard, have a special defense strategy against herbivores called the "mustard oil ...
Plants can adapt their lignin using “chemically encoding” enzymes to face climate change
A new study shows how plants “encode” specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each ...
Researchers explore enzymes that use a cation, not oxygen-addition, to drive reactions
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin defined the structure of a substrate-bound iron ...
Soil microbes-mediated enzymes promoted the ecological recovery of mine on Loess Plateau
The diversity of vegetation configuration is the key to ecological restoration in open-pit coal mine dump. However, the recovery outcomes ...
Ovarian cancer in the fatty omentum: Metabolic enzyme’s key role in tumor metastasis
(LOS ANGELES) – July 1, 2022 - In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by ...
Biochemists use enzymes to change how brain cells communicate with each other
As you’re reading this sentence, the cells in your brain, called neurons, are sending rapid-fire electrical signals between each other, ...
Wax worm saliva contains enzymes capable of breaking down plastics
A team of CSIC researchers has discovered that wax worm saliva degrades plastic; a discovery with numerous applications for treating ...
Researchers develop powerful strategy for creating new-to-nature enzymes
URBANA, Ill. — Engineering enzymes to perform reactions not found in nature can address longstanding challenges in the world of ...
Enzymes discovered in capybara gut can accelerate utilization of agroindustrial waste
Converting agroindustrial waste into molecules of interest to society, such as biofuels and biochemicals, is one of the ways to ...
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Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
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New implants linked to less infection and better recovery from orthopedic surgery
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‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
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New study identifies the greatest threat to wildlife across North America and Canada: people
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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Why have so many new diseases developed in the bagged salads sector?