New Generation of Synthetic Solar Fuel Catalysts: A Superstar Enzyme Is Ready for Its Close-Up
A Yale-led team of chemists has unveiled the blueprints for a key enzyme that may contain design principles for a new generation of synthetic solar…
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Why Eraser Enzymes Go Wrong and Lead to Cancer
Biochemist studies when enzymes in our cells go wrong and misbehave in human disease. University of Delaware researcher awarded NIH grant to study why eraser…
Modern-Day Alchemy: Transforming Sugar Into Hydrocarbons To Power Future Cars
In a new study, genetically engineered E. coli eat glucose, then help turn it into molecules found in gasoline. It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming…
Evolutionary “Time Travel” Reveals Enzyme’s Origins, From One of Earth’s Most Ancient Organisms
“The distinction between the past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion,” Albert Einstein wrote. Perhaps this is nowhere more evident than in…
Enzyme Identified for Making Key Industrial Chemical in Plants
Tailoring levels of enzyme has many potential applications, including renewable production of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, improved biofuel production and/or timber durability, and a path for long-term…
New Clues on How Nitrogenase, an Enzyme Critical for Life, Converts Nitrogen Into Ammonia
How Metals Work Together to Weaken Hardy Nitrogen-Nitrogen Bonds Nitrogen, an element that is essential for all living cells, makes up about 78 percent of…
After More Than 40 Years, Evidence Found for Existence of Elusive ‘Metabolon’
For more than 40 years, scientists have hypothesized the existence of enzyme clusters, or “metabolons,” in facilitating various processes within cells. Using a novel imaging…
Google Algorithm – A New Tool For Understanding Enzymes
Yale scientists have taken a novel approach to unraveling the complex structure and regulation of enzymes: They Googled it. In a new study published online…
Scientists See the Inner Workings of the Enzyme Telomerase for the First Time
Cancer, aging-related diseases, and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called “telomerase.” UCLA researchers report in the journal Cell the deepest scientific…
‘Promiscuous’ Enzyme Turns Plant Waste into Sustainable Products
A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics,…
New Discovery Suggests All Life May Share This Common Design Principle
By studying bacteria and yeast, researchers at MIT have discovered that vastly different types of cells still share fundamental similarities, conserved across species and refined…
Fungal Enzymes Could Potential Convert Wood Biomass Into Biofuels
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of York, has discovered a set of enzymes found in fungi that are capable of…
Scientists Identify Specific Enzyme Related to Colon Cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to a report in the January…
Scientists Show That Blocking Enzymes in Hair Follicles Promotes Hair Growth
New research from Columbia University reveals that inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles restores hair growth. The research is published in the online…
Inactivating AGPS Enzyme Reduces Tumor Growth, Cripples Cancer Cells
In a newly published study, researchers tested the effects of reducing ether lipids on human skin cancer cells and primary breast tumors, finding that inactivating…
UCLA “Hangover Pill” Mimics the Action of the Human Liver in Fighting Alcohol Intoxication
UCLA-led researchers have developed a “pill” that uses two enzymes to mimic the action of the human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication. In a discovery…
First Artificial Enzyme Created by in Vitro Directed Evolution
Using a noncatalytic protein scaffold, a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have generated the first artificial enzyme created by in vitro directed…
Artificial Enzyme Reveals Never Before Seen Structure
A newly published study details how researchers turned an ordinary protein into an artificial enzyme, a biological catalyst capable of joining two segments of RNA….