Discovery
Ribonuclease A: The Lab Workhorse That Revealed How Proteins Fold
A familiar enzyme that removes RNA from DNA samples once revealed how a protein finds its working shape. RNase A’s small structure carries an unusually…
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Dr. Matheus Regis Belisário Ferrari is the owner and editor of EnzymeNews. Based in Germany, he holds a PhD and has a research background in biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology and enzyme engineering. He uses AI tools to assist with article drafting and checks the articles against their original research sources before publication.
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Discovery
Reverse Transcriptase: The Nobel Story Hidden in RNA Tests
Before many RNA tests can give an answer, an enzyme makes a DNA copy. Meet reverse transcriptase, the discovery that helped reshape virology and became…
Discovery
Taq polymerase: the hot-spring enzyme that made DNA copying routine
A bacterium from hot springs supplied the heat-resistant enzyme that helped PCR become routine. Meet Taq polymerase and the discoveries behind a method that changed…
Discovery
Urease: the bean enzyme behind a Nobel Prize turning point
A bean protein helped scientists understand what enzymes are. Meet urease, the nickel-containing catalyst whose story connects Nobel history, laboratory experiments and the nitrogen in…
Discovery
ATP synthase: the tiny rotary engine keeping you alive
Part of this enzyme really rotates. Discover how ATP synthase couples a membrane gradient to molecular motion, why its mechanism earned Nobel recognition and what…
Discovery
The Enzymes Behind a Century of Nobel Prizes
From fermentation to CRISPR, enzymes have repeatedly changed how scientists understand life and how they work with it.
Health
An Experimental Molecule Helps Cells Remove a Cancer Target
In laboratory tests, a molecule helped cells break down an enzyme involved in some blood cancers—even though it held on to its target permanently.
Health
How Fat Helps Keep the Body Warm: A New Clue from Mice
Some fat burns fuel to produce warmth. A mouse study suggests that keeping cholesterol in balance helps this natural heating system do its job.
Industry
Engineered Enzyme Produces Bigger, Softer Bread in Baking Tests
An inhibitor-resistant xylanase improved loaf volume and crumb softness in baking tests, but taste, commercial performance and safe shelf life need separate evidence.
Industry
One Mutation Helps an Enzyme Withstand Heat—but at a Cost
Researchers redesigned the PB92 protease to survive heat for longer. The results show why a useful industrial enzyme needs both stability and activity.
Industry
An Enzyme Helps Bacteria Grow Textiles That Turn Black
Researchers introduced tyrosinase into cellulose-producing bacteria to make dark textile materials. The enzyme connection is direct, but the process remains at the prototype stage.
AI & Tools
AI-Designed Enzymes Take on a Multistep Chemical Reaction
Researchers designed serine hydrolases around their catalytic machinery. The published results show why completing a reaction cycle matters as much as getting the fold right.