Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely ...

Researchers have used cryo- electron microscopy to elucidate for the first time the structure and function of a very small enzyme embedded in cell membranes. This enzyme builds complex sugar trees ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA — Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or “ribozyme,” that carries out a fundamental reaction ...

While most enzymatic activity is conducted through chemical binding interactions between molecules, in some cases, the mere presence of an enzyme can affect intracellular functions. While exploring ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection.

Researchers have determined the atom-by-atom structure of the fermentation enzyme phosphoketolase by cryogenic electron microscopy. They identified details that were mistakenly characterized by X-ray ...

Biochemists have succeeded in resurrecting the ancestral genes of five detoxifying enzymes which are present in all tetrapods to show how their divergence in function has occurred. Our body produces ...

David Cantu and Tin Nguyen have received a 3-year, $599,999 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) Program to support the creation ...