When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

When introduced into E. coli, these enzymes enabled the bacteria to stitch together amino acids into polymers, potentially ...

Life has evolved over billions of years, adapting to the changing environment. Similarly, enzymes—proteins that speed up ...

The world urgently needs new antibiotics. In 2019 alone, antibiotic-resistant bacteria killed more than 4.5 million people ...

The newly discovered enzyme could contribute to research on glycan-targeted treatments for such diseases. The identification of Bxy_22780 represents a step forward in understanding bacterial ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

The researchers have established that specific intracellular types of living bacteria possess special enzymes which allow them to permanently remove what is referred to as ubiquitin marking.

These enzymes are found in the intestines of mammals, such as in the human gut bacteria Bifidobacterium, which helps digest complex carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that another gut ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...