The research of D. Fernando Estrada, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, has been recognized by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

Gilead Sciences announced a significant milestone: the U.S. FDA accepted their New Drug Applications (NDAs) for lenacapavir ...

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan's high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic ...

DNA polymerase beta (Pol β) is the primary enzyme responsible for processing 1-nt gaps in chromatin during DNA repair. Here, the authors determine the kinetic and structural basis of gap-filling ...

1Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. 2Cancer Institute, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. 7Suzhou Biomedical ...

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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 ...

Using annotated genomic datasets including an ensemble of 11,955 metagenomes, 1,282 archaea, 11,759 bacteria, and 200 eukaryotic taxa, we show how enzyme functions form universality classes with ...

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 ...

It’s the sixth-generation Mercedes E-Class saloon. Or not, if you want to be pedantic and include the 50-odd years of Merc’s ‘upper mid-range’ history before the E-Class name was coined.