Enzymes : Science World Report

Jun 22, 2017 05:34 AM EDT

Unraveling DNA Replication For The First Time On Video

The scientists were surprised by what they have seen in the video showing this hereditary material.

Nov 03, 2015 02:57 PM EST

Cancer: World's First 3-D Image Of Protein Involved In Cancer Spread

Researchers have created the world's first 3-D image of a protein that spreads cancer. The structural image of the enzyme will enable researchers to better under and develop potential anticancer drugs and treatments.

Oct 05, 2015 11:58 AM EDT

Enzyme Malfunction May Cause Binge Drinking To Lead To Alcoholism

Scientists have identified a malfunctioning enzyme as a possible reason that binge drinking increases the odds of alcoholism.

Apr 08, 2014 10:13 AM EDT

Biochemistry Research Finds Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme

Aminoglycosides are a class of antibiotics that doctors prescribe for serious or life-threatening infections. Biochemistry researchers found a mobile gene that is resistant to this class of antibiotics, which could put people at an unwanted risk.

Nov 19, 2013 05:03 PM EST

Microbiologists Observe Enzyme Reaction in Slow Motion for the First Time

For the first time, researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in analysing the interplay between enzymes and their cofactors at an unprecedented resolution, thereby providing fresh insights into how one of the most common cofactors in nature works.

Nov 04, 2013 02:36 PM EST

Directed Evolution and Computer Design Yields Superior Artificial Enzyme

In a recently published Nature paper, ETH scientists presented the first artificial enzyme that readily competes with its natural counterparts in terms of catalytic throughput.

Jul 03, 2013 03:07 PM EDT

Nano-Scale Tweezers Enable Precision Control of Enzymes

In new research, Hao Yan and his colleagues at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute describe a pair of tweezers shrunk down to an astonishingly tiny scale.