All forms of life depend on enzymes—without them most biochemical reactions would proceed too slowly to sustain the processes of life. Enzymes function by binding to a compound known as a substrate.

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleoside triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), has been ...

Enzyme substrate specificity involving material conversion processes is pertinent to e.g. biochemistry, metabolic engineering, and environmental remediation; however, it is one of the most challenging ...

image: Enzyme substrate specificity involving material conversion processes is pertinent to e.g. biochemistry, metabolic engineering, and environmental remediation; however, it is one of the most ...

A reaction scheme showing a hydrazone being converted into a diazo compound using an enzyme, potassium bromide, and hydrogen peroxide. Researchers at Emory University repurposed a vanadium-dependent ...

This article describes a simple method to determine the optimum pH for the activity of one enzyme in a coupled enzyme assay. Decoupling of the two-step reaction is achieved by heat denaturing the ...

Over the past five years or so we've seen some important breakthroughs demonstrating how enzymes can be used to break down common plastics, such as the PET used for everything from drink bottles to ...

“More than 400 microorganisms have so far been found to degrade plastic naturally, with fungi attracting a fair bit of attention for their versatility and ability to degrade all sorts of synthetic ...

CHICAGO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A simple enzyme may hold the key to tackling a hard-to-treat type of leukemia in babies, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Sign up here. The finding could also form the basis ...