Researchers at the University of Bristol have shown how laboratory evolution can give rise to highly efficient enzymes for new-to-nature reactions, opening the door for novel and more environmentally friendly ways to make ...
Biochemistry
Aug 19, 2021
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When agricultural weeds evolve resistance to herbicides, they do it in one of two ways. In target-site resistance, a tiny mutation in the plant's genetic code means the chemical no longer fits in the protein it's designed ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2021
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Most products enriched with probiotics and protein are made with dairy products. However, consumer demand for plant protein is growing. The nutritional value of these proteins must therefore be improved to be comparable to ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2021
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For much of human history, animals and plants were perceived to follow a different set of rules than the rest of the universe. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this culminated in a belief that living organisms were infused ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 22, 2021
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Researchers have developed a more efficient platform for studying proteins that play a key role in regulating gene expression. The approach uses engineered yeast cells to produce enzyme and histone proteins, conduct biochemical ...
Biochemistry
Jul 1, 2021
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The production of chemicals is a cumbersome business. Often, only a small part of what is actually wanted is produced in the factory. The large remainder is unusable—or even worse. Examples? The defoliant "Agent Orange" ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2021
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Carbonic anhydrases are essential enzymes that are present in virtually all living things; all eight classes of carbonic anhydrases that have been identified to date need a metal ion to function. But now, researchers from ...
Biotechnology
May 25, 2021
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Most drugs operate via the membranes that surround the body's cells. A study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has now mapped the structure and mechanism of MGST2, a membrane enzyme that, amongst other things, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 19, 2021
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Connections are crucial. Bacteria may be most dangerous when they connect—banding together to build fortress-like structures known as biofilms that afford them resistance to antibiotics. But a biomolecular scientist in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 17, 2021
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Important advances in the understanding of DNA topoisomerases are discussed in a new review led by John Innes Centre researchers.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 16, 2021
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