A chance discovery at Nagoya University in Japan has shown that a well-known brain enzyme has a hidden ability: It builds a ...

image: A set of biochemical processes crucial to cellular life on Earth could have originated in chemical reactions taking place on the early Earth four billion years ago, believes a group of ...

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy makes it possible to study complex enzymatic processes in detail. With this method, a research team of the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität ...

Two simple molecules can react to form most of the intermediates in an analog of the modern-day Krebs cycle, without the need for enzymes or metals, according to a new study (Nat. Chem. 2020, DOI: ...

Metabolism is central to cellular function, growth and survival. Hundreds of chemical reactions occur simultaneously to process energy sources and to provide precursor molecules for cell construction ...

A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function - it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, ...

Study published in “Science” journal disproves conventional wisdom: citrate synthase can also cleave citrate and not only build it up The citrate cycle: most people will probably remember this ...

Enzyme allocation (or synthesis) is a crucial microbial trait that mediates soil biogeochemical cycles and their responses to climate change. However, few microbial ecological models address this ...

Enzymes help with specific functions that are vital to the operation and overall health of the human body. They help speed up chemical reactions and are essential for respiration, digestion, muscle ...

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy makes it possible to study complex enzymatic processes in detail. With this method, a research team of the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität ...