As health departments around the U.S. boost efforts to combat Zika, scientists are working on new ways to kill the mosquitoes that carry the virus. One approach involves understanding the molecular mechanisms that keep the ...
Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2016
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A new study, published in Biochemistry this week, examines the biomechanics of sugar-seeking proteins. Specifically, it delves into galectin-3's interaction with glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and proteoglycans. Tarun Dam, an associate ...
Biochemistry
Aug 4, 2016
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The glow of fireflies at dusk is a welcome sign of summer. The same enzyme that helps give these familiar bugs their characteristic flash of yellow, yields red light in acidic conditions. Similar enzymes are responsible for ...
Biochemistry
Aug 3, 2016
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How enzymes - the biological proteins that act as catalysts and help complex reactions occur - are 'tuned' to work at a particular temperature is described in new research from groups in New Zealand and the UK, including ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2016
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In order to resolve global food crisis, it is important to prevent plant viruses from spreading infections as they infect a wide variety of agricultural crops and significantly reduce yields. For example, gemini-virus, which ...
Biotechnology
Feb 24, 2016
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"Having trained as a chemist, in the early days of my research career I wanted to find ways of treating cancer based on knowledge of organic chemistry," says Takashi Sera, Professor at Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology. ...
Biotechnology
Feb 24, 2016
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A smiling and very green Kermit looking down from a wall portrait seems to happily give a thumbs—or flipper—up to one of the University of Wyoming's self-described frog guys trying to unravel the mysteries of what in ...
Biochemistry
Dec 11, 2015
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At the molecular level, the difference between Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde lies in a metal, copper. In its physiological form, the prion protein (PrPC ) is 'good' and is involved in normal body processes. It can happen, however, ...
Biochemistry
Oct 20, 2015
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Drugs important in the battle against cancer responded the way they do in real life and behaved according to predictions when tested in a computer-generated model of one of the cell's key molecular pumps—the protein P-glycoprotein, ...
Biochemistry
Sep 8, 2015
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Results: In industry, synthesizing ammonia for fertilizers uses massive amounts of hydrogen, typically generated from fossil fuels, but in nature, the nitrogenase enzyme produces ammonia without added hydrogen. In studying ...
Biochemistry
Jun 8, 2015
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