Researchers discover new enzymes central to cell function
Doctors have long treated heart attacks, improved asthma symptoms, and cured impotence by increasing levels of a single molecule in the body: nitric oxide.
Biochemistry
Jan 18, 2018
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News tagged with oxidative enzymes
Modified enzyme used to provide better anti-Markovnikov selectivity in alkene oxidations
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology has used a modified enzyme to provide better anti-Markovnikov selectivity in alkene oxidations. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Researchers observe enzymes breaking down cellulose to aid the production of biofuels
Biofuels obtained from biomass are becoming increasingly important. Apart from biomethane, however, they cannot be produced efficiently, cheaply and sustainably since the current technological complexity and costs are still ...
Biotechnology
Oct 12, 2017
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Coenzyme A plays leading role in nitric oxide function so essential to cell metabolism
Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center researchers and physicians have discovered that the molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 14, 2015
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Tweaking Mother Nature's chemistry box
Natural enzymes are very clever molecular machines. They are the catalyst for many of nature's chemical transformations. And the conditions they need to perform their task are rather precisely defined. There is a need to ...
Biochemistry
Sep 27, 2013
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A new glow for electron microscopy
The glowing green molecule known as green fluorescent protein (GFP) has revolutionized molecular biology. When GFP is attached to a particular protein inside a cell, scientists can easily identify and locate it using fluorescence ...
Biotechnology
Oct 22, 2012
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New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based cellular respiration
Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our earliest oxygen-breathing ...
Biochemistry
Jan 22, 2012
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Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells
A cancer cell may seem out of control, growing wildly and breaking all the rules of orderly cell life and death. But amid the seeming chaos there is a balance between a cancer cell's revved-up metabolism and skyrocketing ...
Biochemistry
Jul 13, 2011
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Building a better catalyst
(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineering student illuminates the inner workings of vanadium oxide before an audience of biologists and chemists in Japan.
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2010
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New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter
Researchers in Japan are reporting new evidence that the ordinary vinegar -- a staple in oil-and-vinegar salad dressings, pickles, and other foods -- may live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine as a health promoter. ...
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Jun 19, 2009
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