Enzymes are substances in the body that cause and speed up crucial chemical reactions. Enzymes’ function is to help trigger bodily processes ranging from digestion to blood clotting to growth ...

Researchers from the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) have described a new mechanism ...

Instead of the enzyme mechanism described in biochemistry text-books, hen lysozyme hydrolysis was postulated to occur by a ring-opening mechanism based on substrate interactions defined by the active ...

Chain had studied enzyme biochemistry, and he continued research in the field until Adolf Hitler became chancellor in 1933. Though born in Berlin and a naturalized citizen, Chain realized that as ...

Cancer drugs that inhibit CDK7 rapidly shut down pathways responsible for cell proliferation within minutes. For organs to ...

The evolution of low-temperature adapted enzymes Scientists uncover how enzymes evolved to function at low temperatures by reconstructing prehistoric proteins from extinct bacteria Date: March 25 ...

To realize its intrinsically related objectives, this project brings together experts from several disciplines: gene manipulation, enzyme biochemistry, comparative genomics and informatics from ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited ...

The goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms and structures of enzymes that perform and regulate essential nucleic acid transactions. My research integrates diverse experimental approaches ...

"This work addresses a long-standing mystery surrounding an enzyme critical for regulating ... a professor in the Department of Biochemistry. "Not only does it help us understand a fundamental ...