Rhomboid proteases are a promising target for new drugs. Now researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) have uncovered a mechanism for regulating enzyme activity. The key role is played ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2023
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In new research recently published in the journal Cell Reports, a team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst delved into the mysteries of how cells weather stress. Using bacterial cells, the researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2022
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A research team of pharmacists at the University of Bonn has discovered two families of active substances that can block the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The drug candidates are able to switch off the the key ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2021
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To better understand how the novel coronavirus behaves and how it can be stopped, scientists have completed a three-dimensional map that reveals the location of every atom in an enzyme molecule critical to SARS-CoV-2 reproduction.
Biochemistry
Oct 27, 2020
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A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories has performed the first room-temperature X-ray measurements on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease—the enzyme that enables the virus ...
Biochemistry
Jun 25, 2020
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As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, researchers are searching for novel ways to stop it. But for two scientists, looking to the future means drawing inspiration from the past.
Biochemistry
Jun 13, 2020
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Builders of genetic circuits face the same quandary as builders of digital circuits: testing their designs. Yet unlike bioengineers, engineers have a simple and universal testing tool—the multimeter—that they can touch ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 21, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have designed a synthetic community of artificial cells that collectively displays a simple form of predatory behaviour.
Biochemistry
Oct 4, 2016
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A group at the John Innes Centre has developed peas that will help animals absorb more protein from their diet. The study is published in PLOS ONE today.
Biotechnology
Aug 13, 2015
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A study by RIKEN researchers has revealed an important coping mechanism employed by enteric bacteria that allows them to thrive in environments with and without oxygen. The findings could help develop ways to control both ...
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2015
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