Artificial enzyme combines vitamin B2 with metal for next-generation catalysts

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) acts as an important coenzyme that helps convert food into energy within the body. Korean researchers ...
BioTechniques

Enzyme scaffold restricts key pathway in DNA synthesis

Researchers have discovered that the enzyme NUDT5 utilizes its structure to exercise metabolic control over a key pathway in ...

One enzyme could be behind alcohol addiction and liver disease

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between sugar metabolism and alcohol addiction, identifying a potential new ...

Kinase atlas uncovers hidden layers of cell signaling regulation

The enzyme RNA polymerase II transcribes genes into messenger RNA. This process is guided by modifications to the enzyme's ...
AZoSensors on MSN

Self-sufficient Cells Light Up Enzyme Activity from Within

Autonomous cells producing acetyl-lysine offer a novel platform for real-time monitoring of enzyme activity, enhancing ...
C&EN

Methods, Applications, and Challenges of Enzyme Immobilization on Nanomaterials

Chapter Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to ...
SciTech Daily

“Astounding” Results: Blocking One Enzyme Brings Parkinson’s-Damaged Cells Back to Life

In a breakthrough study, scientists found that silencing a single overactive enzyme in the brain reversed early damage caused by a Parkinson’s-related mutation in mice. The treatment restored the ...
Science Daily

Parkinson’s reversal? One drug brings dying brain cells back to life

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key brain cells, restoring vital dopamine communication and neuroprotective ...
PNAS

A responsive living material prepared by diffusion reveals extracellular enzyme activity of cyanobacteria

Previously described engineered living materials (ELMs) have been created with nonresponsive, biocompatible polymers by adding living cells to a precursor solution before polymerization, which cells ...
Frontiers

Comparative analysis of methods for measuring glucocerebrosidase enzyme activity in patients with Parkinson’s disease with the GBA1 variant

Introduction: GBA1 variants are significant genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Accurately measuring glucocerebrosidase (GCase) activity is crucial for understanding disease progression ...
Frontiers

Modification of aggregation-prone regions of Arabidopsis glutamyl-tRNA reductase leads to increased stability while maintaining enzyme activity

The aggregation-prone region (APR) is a hydrophobic polypeptide motif that promotes protein aggregation, most commonly in the unfolded or misfolded state. It has been described that chaperones can ...
Android Police

Google Gemini: How to delete your activity

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...