Researchers explore the mechanisms behind the 'browning reaction' during the spoilage of mushrooms. The researchers were able to demonstrate that the enzyme responsible is already formed prior to ...

Using state-of-the-art robotic and x-ray crystallographic equipment, researchers have revealed for the first time the molecular structure of the zymogen, or inactive, form of a blood-clotting enzyme.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 73, No. 11 (Nov., 1976), pp. 3825-3832 (8 pages) Many enzymes, hormones, and other physiologically active proteins ...

A model is proposed for the structure of an inhibited derivative of an enzyme which hydrolyses proteins. It is based on a map of the electron density distribution at 2 Å resolution and interpreted in ...

A team of zoologists, molecular engineers and pest control specialists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a small team of colleagues from Peking University, has identified some of the ...

Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have discovered an efficient process for hydrogen biocatalysis. They developed semi-synthetic hydrogenases, hydrogen-generating enzymes, by adding the ...

The addition of ascorbate to the culture medium of early log-phase mouse fibroblasts (L-929 cells) resulted in a 5-fold increase of prolyl hydroxylase activity. Maximal activity was reached within 2 ...

Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms that lack cell nuclei) an immunity against foreign DNA.

This news release is available in German. The research team of Annette Rompel from the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, University of Vienna explore the mechanisms behind the "browning reaction" ...