Elucidating the mysteries of enzyme evolution at the macromolecular level Research team investigates links between molecular structure, function, and dynamics in enzymes Date: May 8, 2023 Source ...

In the last 40 years, scientists have perfected ways to determine the knot-like structures of enzymes, but they've been stumped trying to translate the structure of enzymes into an understanding of ...

Acetolactate synthase, also known as acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS), is an enzyme involved in the branched chain amino acid biosynthesis pathway.

Projects include problems in inhibitor design, enzyme catalysis, protein degradation and the mechanism of visual disease. Techniques vary with the particular project, and can entail molecular biology, ...

George N. Somero, Temperature Adaptation of Enzymes: Biological Optimization Through Structure-Function Compromises, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Vol. 9 (1978), pp. 1-29 ...

Results Plant species identity and performance of species to land-use intensity are less important for explaining enzyme kinetics than are land-use intensity and associated changes in soil properties ...

A research team has solved the crystal structure for an enzyme that plays a key role in DNA methylation, the process by which methyl groups are added to the DNA molecule. The breakthrough reveals ...