Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analysed how green algae manufacture complex components of a hydrogen-producing enzyme. The enzyme, known as the hydrogenase, may be relevant for the biotechnological production ...
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2017
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Chemists of Radboud University Nijmegen have found that a uniquely shaped enzyme that has never been seen before in biology is real: two interlocked ring structures, known as catenanes . The results have been published early ...
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2013
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Andrew Hansen grows wheat, barley, canola, and oats on his farm at Coomandook in South Australia, where his family has farmed the land for more than 60 years. But now the family's way of life is threatened.
Biotechnology
Jul 18, 2013
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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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The ability of some molecules, such as fatty or oily molecules, to repel water is known as hydrophobicity. The opposite, water attracting, is hydrophilicity. The hydrophobic force that keeps water molecules at bay is one ...
Materials Science
Jun 16, 2020
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In a new study published in the scientific journal of repute Nature Communications researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered how an enzyme that plays a key role in cancer development functions. The researchers ...
Biochemistry
Sep 13, 2018
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Revealing how a gene is activated in cancer cells to produce an enzyme that helps the cells thrive could lead to new treatments.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2018
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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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Researchers are taking snapshots of chemical reactions in a trillionth of a second in the hope of developing the next generation of antibiotics and anti-viral drugs.
Materials Science
Apr 13, 2020
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Some useful drugs consist of peptides acting on their protein targets. To make them more efficient and stable, scientists have found a way to replace crucial segments of the peptides with ureido units. These oligoureas, which ...
Biochemistry
Dec 7, 2020
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