Enzymes, nature's impressive catalysts, play indispensable roles in numerous fundamental biological processes. Understanding the intricate design of enzymes down to the atomic level is the key to ...

With the great insights on enzyme catalytic mechanisms, biosynthesis, structure, and the rapid development of physical and chemical technology, the rapid rise of molecular enzymology and enzyme ...

A fundamental issue in microbial and general ecology is the question to what extent environmental conditions dictate the structure of communities and the linkages with functional properties of ...

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 ...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough earlier this year in the field of evolutionary conservation of molecular dynamics in enzymes. Their work points to potential applications in health, ...

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria—rather than fossil fuels—to produce ethylene, a key chemical in the production of many plastics.

Throughout evolution, pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, have developed sophisticated defense ...

Years after Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D. won the Nobel Prize for her seminal work on the molecular nature of telomeres and co-discovery of the ribonucleoprotein enzyme telomerase, scientists still ...

Researchers analyzed the role of NUDT5 and its interaction with other proteins in the folate pathway and in regulating purine synthesis.

A wobbly new biochemical structure in one scientist's lab may resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on Earth began to evolve -- long before they became ingredients for new ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have worked out the exact function of an enzyme that is critical for normal muscle structure and is involved in several muscular dystrophies. The findings, which ...