Resurrected ancient enzyme offers new window into early Earth and the search for life beyond it

By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of ...

Single enzyme streamlines production of all four RNA building blocks

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleoside triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), has been ...

Single enzyme found to control formation of immune cells critical for health

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer ...
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Improved Enzyme Means Better RNA Sequencing

While the process of copying DNA to make new strands includes a proofreading function to ensure accuracy, the so-called reverse transcriptase enzymes that make RNA into DNA copies perform no such ...

Q&A: What do scientists need to learn next about blocking enzymes to treat disease?

Enzymes are the molecular machines that power life; they build and break down molecules, copy DNA, digest food, and drive ...

Blocking key enzyme to protect against fatty liver may raise cancer risk instead

Scientists have discovered that blocking a key cellular enzyme thought to protect against fatty liver disease may instead ...
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A New Way to Describe Enzyme Kinetics

The Michaelis-Menten equation is used to describe the dynamics of an enzymatic reaction, in which an enzyme interacts with a substrate to generate some product before the enzyme is released. Cells are ...
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Hormonal Control of Enzyme Synthesis: On the Mode of Action of Gibberellic Acid and Abscisin in Aleurone Layers of Barley

Gibberellic acid (GA) enhances the synthesis of α-amylase and ribonuclease in isolated aleurone layers and this process is inhibited by abscisin. Removal of gibberellic acid in mid-course of α-amylase ...
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The Interplay of Cloning Enzyme Services and Homology Model Generation in Molecular Biology

Molecular biology has transitioned to a new era where precise genetic manipulation plays a critical role in research, medicine, and biotechnology. Among the vital tools in this field are cloning ...
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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Novel UDP-Glucose:Anthocyanin 3′-O-Glucosyltransferase, a Key Enzyme for Blue Anthocyanin Biosynthesis, from Gentian

Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Hiroaki Okuhara, Yuko Fukui, Masahiro Nakao, Yukihisa Katsumoto, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Takaaki Kusumi, Toshiharu Hase and Yoshikazu Tanaka Gentian (Gentiana triflora) ...

Enzyme replacement therapy offers hope for ultra-rare Hunter syndrome

Ongoing clinical research at UNC could lead to a first-of-its-kind enzyme replacement therapy for Hunter syndrome, an ultra-rare disorder that causes progressive multisystem disease and neurologic ...