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Study reveals the role of Rubisco enzymes in carbon-fixing machinery of cyanobacteria

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have provided a new understanding of how cyanobacteria build the organelles that are crucial for their potential to photosynthesize.

13 Jul 2020

Study may provide a therapeutically safer strategy for gene editing

The CRISPR gene editing system is a robust tool specifically developed for the targeted editing of genomes. While this tool has considerable therapeutic potential, it is associated with improper editing of “off-target” sites.

13 Jul 2020

Study: PINK1 and Parkin work together to induce selective autophagy

Researchers at TMIMS have revealed that PINK1 (a serine/threonine kinase) and Parkin (a ubiquitin ligating enzyme: E3) work together to ubiquitylate the outer membrane proteins of damaged mitochondria to induce selective autophagy called mitophagy.

10 Jul 2020

Researchers use super-resolution microscopy to study close protein associations

With the advent of super-resolution microscopy, scientists can study close protein associations better than ever before.

10 Jul 2020

Study shows an entirely new complexity within enzyme machinery

Proteins are the workers in a cell and, as the "basic element of life", are responsible for the most widely varying metabolic processes.

9 Jul 2020

New type of molecular editor can make precise changes in mitochondrial DNA

The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to learn more about the effects of these genes and mutations.

9 Jul 2020

Researchers discover how good gut bacteria can help reduce heart disease risk

Scientists have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the human gut has a benefit that has remained unrecognized until now: the potential to reduce the risk for heart disease.

9 Jul 2020

SOAT1 enzyme offers a promising therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

Researchers from CSHL have discovered that the growth of pancreatic cancer cells can be stopped by disrupting the way cholesterol is stored by the cells.

8 Jul 2020

Developing new nanotechnology to detect food fraud

A University of Central Florida researcher is developing new technology to make sure people are getting the food they think they are eating.

8 Jul 2020

Researchers design novel enzyme to study the interactions between proteins

Proteins regulate several physiological functions that are crucial for living things in vivo. More than 20,000 protein types are found in human beings.

7 Jul 2020

DNA repair tool is tailored to deal with specific type of complex break, study shows

Our cells are constantly dividing, and as they do, the DNA molecule - our genetic code - sometimes gets broken. DNA has twin strands, and a break in both is considered especially dangerous.

7 Jul 2020

Lessons from early embryo could increase the efficiency of cell reprogramming

Cell reprogramming provides an outstanding opportunity for the artificial generation of stem cells for regenerative medicine approaches in the clinic.

7 Jul 2020

Organoids reveal inflammatory processes that play a role in infectious diseases

Research is employing mini-organs to model the digestive tract in the laboratory setting. These supposed organoids shed light on the inflammatory processes.

6 Jul 2020

Plant tissue succulence engineering can be used to improve drought and salinity tolerance

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the effects of drought.

3 Jul 2020

Scientists develop CRISPR-assisted method to detect RNA-binding proteins in living cells

While scientists still don't fully understand the diverse nature of RNA molecules, it is believed that the proteins binding to them, called RNA-binding proteins, are associated with many disease formation.

2 Jul 2020

Existing drugs could disrupt SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells

An international team of researchers has analyzed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins in its target cells.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers show how gut microbiome helps people resist cholera

Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, and it sickens as many as 4 million people a year. In a new article in the journal Cell, researchers describe how gut bacteria helps people resist the disease.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers perform room-temperature X-ray measurements on SARS-CoV-2 main protease

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 to reproduce.

26 Jun 2020

C. difficile hijacks the wound healing system to cause serious and persistent disease

Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound healing system in order to cause serious and persistent disease, opening up the development of new therapies to treat the disease.

26 Jun 2020

A metabolic enzyme could be a potential drug target for B cell lymphomas

Scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute have found that increased activity of a normal metabolic enzyme can lead to cancer.

25 Jun 2020

Enzyme News and Research

Study reveals the role of Rubisco enzymes in carbon-fixing machinery of cyanobacteria

Study may provide a therapeutically safer strategy for gene editing

Study: PINK1 and Parkin work together to induce selective autophagy

Researchers use super-resolution microscopy to study close protein associations

Study shows an entirely new complexity within enzyme machinery

New type of molecular editor can make precise changes in mitochondrial DNA

Researchers discover how good gut bacteria can help reduce heart disease risk

SOAT1 enzyme offers a promising therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

Developing new nanotechnology to detect food fraud

Researchers design novel enzyme to study the interactions between proteins

DNA repair tool is tailored to deal with specific type of complex break, study shows

Lessons from early embryo could increase the efficiency of cell reprogramming

Organoids reveal inflammatory processes that play a role in infectious diseases

Plant tissue succulence engineering can be used to improve drought and salinity tolerance

Scientists develop CRISPR-assisted method to detect RNA-binding proteins in living cells

Existing drugs could disrupt SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells

Researchers show how gut microbiome helps people resist cholera

Researchers perform room-temperature X-ray measurements on SARS-CoV-2 main protease

C. difficile hijacks the wound healing system to cause serious and persistent disease

A metabolic enzyme could be a potential drug target for B cell lymphomas

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