Numerous plastics are principally biodegradable, but are only degraded very slowly in the open air, wastewater, or composting plants. Known enzymes with the ability to degrade plastics could solve this problem.
Biochemistry
Nov 30, 2022
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The chemical industry faces the challenge of replacing fossil-based building blocks with green alternatives. Biomass is an interesting source of carbon-based molecules. It is also underused because some 25 percent of all ...
Biochemistry
Nov 29, 2022
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The Plant Physiology and Biochemistry research team at the University of Konstanz has discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environment—important basic knowledge in times of climate ...
Biochemistry
Nov 25, 2022
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been widely used in industrial and commercial products including plastics, paints, electronic equipment and insulating fluids. Their manufacture was extensively banned from the late 1970s ...
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2022
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Photosynthesis is one of the most important chemical reactions, not just for plants but also for the entire world. The impact and thus the importance of photosynthesis can scarcely be underestimated. Thus, it makes sense ...
Biochemistry
Nov 21, 2022
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Benzobactins are bacterial natural products that have special biological activity due to a compound consisting of two ring structures. The bacterial genes responsible for the formation of the compound were previously unclear. ...
Biochemistry
Nov 18, 2022
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Cambridge scientists have used synthetic biology to create artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the virus, an approach that could be used to develop a new generation of antiviral ...
Biotechnology
Nov 16, 2022
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Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase (ERK) plays an important role in multiple cell signaling processes, by catalyzing the phosphorylation of a variety of substrates. The enzyme itself is activated by phosphorylation at ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 14, 2022
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Scientists at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) have developed a new sensor device for determining cholesterol levels in blood. The system does not use protein compounds such as enzymes. Chemists replaced them with an inorganic ...
Biochemistry
Nov 7, 2022
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While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the environment. According to a report from Greenpeace U.S., 51 million tons of ...
Biochemistry
Nov 7, 2022
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