Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enzymes have complicated molecular structures that are hard to replicate. Design Cells/iStock via Getty Images Plus Enzymes are ...

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 findings ...

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 ...

UPTON, NY—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have produced the first atomic-level structure of an enzyme that selectively cuts carbon-hydrogen bonds—the first ...

Liquid biopsy that can distinguish between similar enzymes A liquid-biopsy method can quickly and easily distinguish between ...

Antibiotics revolutionized health care when they were introduced in the early twentieth century, making many severe and often ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. The team proposes that SAM plays a dual role in the reaction. It donates a methyl group to the enzyme’s cobalamin cofactor and then serves as a base when ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have obtained atomic-level insights into the structure of the phosphoketolase enzyme, which will help researchers optimize this enzyme for chemical feedstock ...

The development of new antivirals can benefit from an understanding of their targets. To this end, a new study that unravels an enzyme essential to the survival of SARS-CoV-2 paves the way for new ...

Researchers have determined the atom-by-atom structure of the fermentation enzyme phosphoketolase by cryogenic electron microscopy. They identified details that were mistakenly characterized by X-ray ...