Scientists studying the plant have discovered a new way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer the trick to crops.

For five decades, scientists have known about a notorious cancer-causing enzyme called SRC. But they always assumed it only appeared on the inside of cells, where it sent signals that fueled tumor ...

Frances Arnold's game-changing technique of "directed evolution" creates enzymes with unusual capabilities. Her own evolution made it possible.

Innate immune sensors – known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) – detect specific molecular components of bacterial or viral intruders. The PRRs forward the signals which results in the ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR), George Carman, recently received the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's ...

KMC’s multidisciplinary team successfully treated a pregnant woman with a rare condition, ensuring care under government-funded health schemes.

Finding out how microbes make compounds containing the diazo chemical group could help researchers to synthesize useful ...

Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring compound in confectionaries and cosmetics, gets its sweet flavor and aroma from the chemical compound -- 'vanillin'. However, the large-scale production of ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU), in collaboration with leading institutions in the country, have conceived a new strategy that enables simultaneous detection and treatment ...

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