High-end microscopy reveals structure and function of crucial metabolic enzyme Date: August 28, 2019 Source: Institute of Science and Technology Austria Summary: The enzyme transhydrogenase plays ...

In the last 40 years, scientists have perfected ways to determine the knot-like structures of enzymes, but they've been stumped trying to translate the structure of enzymes into an understanding of ...

Scientists studying a COVID-19 coronavirus enzyme at temperatures ranging from frosty to human-body warm discovered subtle structural shifts that offer clues about how the enzyme works. The ...

A new artificial intelligence tool can predict the functions of enzymes based on their amino acid sequences, even when the enzymes are unstudied or poorly understood. The researchers said the AI ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or “ribozyme,” that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new ...

In explaining the importance of the database for research and science, Cantu and Nguyen said, “A commonality among scientists and engineers working on thioester-active enzymes is that they need ...

Researchers participating in the Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI) have used a computationally rich metabolite-docking strategy to sift through a protein’s potential metabolic partners and ...

Acetolactate synthase, also known as acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), is an enzyme involved in the branched chain amino acid biosynthesis pathway.

A research team led by a biochemist at the University of California, Riverside has solved the crystal structure for an enzyme that plays a key role in DNA methylation, the process by which methyl ...