Scientists have engineered an enzyme to break down silicon-carbon bonds in siloxanes, marking a significant step towards making these widespread and environmentally persistent chemicals biodegradable.…
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A groundbreaking study by the University of Maryland and NIH researchers has revealed that the enzyme bilirubin reductase is responsible for the yellow color of…
University of Bath researchers have innovated a greener, simpler, and cheaper method for drug development using an enzyme from the flower Oldenlandia affinis to produce…
Wheat starch granules observed under the Scanning Electron Microscope. Large A-type and small B-type granules are visible. Credit: Brendan Fahy/Nitin Uttam Kamble Recent research has…
Mouse neuromuscular junctions: the motor nerve and synapses are in red; the acetylcholine receptors of muscle fibers are in green. Credit: Blau lab, Stanford University…
Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress. It is commonly referred to as the “stress hormone” because it helps…
The enzyme STARD7 (green) helps mitochondria (red) to transport Coenzyme Q to protect cells from cell death. Credit: MPI f. Biology of Aging/ S. Deshwal…
Gluten-free refers to foods that do not contain gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. People with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity avoid…
According to the researchers, this new technology has the potential to surpass directed evolution and could energize the field of protein engineering by hastening the…
Illustration of Fsr’s catalytic site where sulfite gets reduced to sulfide. The siroheme (in pink) that binds and converts the sulfite is embedded in a…
A three-dimensional image of a cancer cell’s nucleus obtained by Dr. Faltas and his team shows the APOBEC3G protein (green) inside the nucleus (blue). Credit:…
Natural products containing benzoxazolinate, a structure with two rings, are excellent candidates for pharmaceutically valuable substances, such as antibiotics, anticancer drugs, or immunosuppressants. But how…
A picture of the patient, Ayla. Credit: University of California – San Francisco The toddler is thriving after the loss of their siblings who had…
The research team reconstructed an ancestral enzyme by searching databases for corresponding modern enzymes, using the obtained sequences to calculate the original sequence, and introducing…
The study also shed light on how photosynthesis adapted to the rise of oxygen. Back to the future of photosynthesis. Rubisco, the central biocatalyst in…
The researchers also found that decreasing ATP levels enhances ClpXP (a damage-repairing enzyme)-mediated degradation of some classes of substrates. A specific enzyme may play dual…
Lifelong production of sperm is made possible by a newly discovered stem cell regulator. According to research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, the enzyme…
The biomolecular mechanism behind the molecule is the suppression of an enzyme that is overproduced in various forms of cancer. Researchers have identified a molecule…
The lepidopteran Galleria mellonella worm species is able to quickly break down polyethylene through the use of its saliva. A CSIC research team found that…