Previously, only one route for producing these microfibrils was known: a class of enzymes called CESA. But research by University of Rhode Island Professor of Biological Sciences Alison Roberts ...

An E.C. number is a four-part code that describes the enzyme class, the chemical bond acted on, the reaction and the substrates, though it does not describe the direction of the reaction.

Serine hydrolases and ester hydrolysis were chosen as the enzyme class and reaction, respectively, because they are very well characterized. The model has not been verified with other enzyme ...

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle movement. Your body ...

How does your body speed up these important reactions? The answer is enzymes. Enzymes in our bodies are catalysts that speed up reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start a ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...