All enzymes articles – Page 4
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Weird mechanism behind catnip compound’s biosynthesis uncovered
Nepetalactone – the compound cats go crazy for – is made by a two-step procedure that is unlike any other in terpenoid biosynthesis
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Enzyme ancestors resurrected to boost thermal stability
Scientists constructing enzyme library make serendipitous discovery
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Opinion
The potential of promiscuity
Nobel recognition for a concept whose benefit to humankind is far from being truly realised
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Article
Meet the next generation of science innovators
From metal–organic frameworks to enzymes, Johnson Matthey staff are working to make new discoveries
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News
What is directed evolution and why did it win the chemistry Nobel prize?
If you’ve got questions about yesterday’s chemistry Nobel prize then we’ve got answers
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Research
Artificial iron–sulfur catalyst is highly functional
Sulfite reductase mimic represents major advancement in engineering synthetic enzymes
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Nerve agents destroyed by self-powering enzyme nanobot
Pumping action of tethered organophosphorus acid anhydrase as it breaks up sarin and Soman is used to release antidote
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Bubbly protocells bob up and down
Enzymes inflate or consume oxygen bubbles making clay capsules float and sink reversibly
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Prebiotically plausible version of pH gradient generating catalyst
Scientists create simple metal ion system could have facilitated early metabolic processes, like ATP synthesis
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Artificial intelligence seeks out new anticancer drugs
A combination of machine learning methods yields promising results for drug discovery
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Supramolecular system refines enzyme impression
Metalloenzyme mimic combines a guest binding pocket, a well-defined coordination sphere and an internal base to achieve impressive catalytic control
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Enzyme survives blistering conditions to rapidly break down cellulose
Ionic liquid protects enzyme as it turns woody biomass into sugars 30 times faster than previously possible
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Carb-loaded enzyme cocktail generates hydrogen
Space-saving alternative to solar water splitting
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Jens Christian Skou dies
Danish scientist won chemistry’s top prize for discovering the first enzyme to transport ions
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News
Nobel chemist Paul Boyer dies aged 99
Laureate shared 1997 prize for his role in unravelling how life’s energy currency is made
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Research
'Trojan horse' artificial enzyme smuggles unnatural reactions into cells
New-to-nature chemistry in mammalian cells made possible by metalloenzyme system
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Enzyme helps photoredox get enantioselective
Enantioenriched amine synthesis is inaugural example of photoredox and enzyme collaboration
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Optogenetic control puts biosynthesis into – and out of – the spotlight
Using light to switch which enzymes brewer’s yeast produces boosts concentrations of biofuel candidate isobutanol fivefold.
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Enzymes enter new territory to perform unnatural reaction
Cyclopropanation catalysis opens door to greener chemistry
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Nicotine degrading enzyme could help smokers quit
Enzyme removes nicotine from blood before it can stimulate brain’s reward system