Health
Nanozyme Helps Collagen Resist Enzymatic Breakdown
Researchers have reported a new method for collagen crosslinking using manganese oxide nanoparticles that mimic an enzyme’s catalytic activity.
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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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AI & Tools
AlphaFold 3: Predicting How Biomolecules Fit Together
How do proteins fit together with DNA, RNA and smaller molecules? AlphaFold 3, introduced by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs in May 2024, extends structure…
AI & Tools
DPI_CDF: Reading Protein Sequences for Drug-Target Clues
A cascade deep forest model reported strong performance at recognising proteins labelled as druggable. Its predictions can guide research, but still need biochemical and disease-specific…
AI & Tools
GraphKM Uses AI to Estimate How Enzymes Respond to Substrates
GraphKM uses enzyme sequences and substrate structures to estimate a key kinetic parameter. Its tests show promise, with important limits for laboratory use.
Discovery
Scientists Discover an Enzyme That Forms Fractal Patterns
An enzyme involved in metabolism can also build striking patterns of triangles within triangles.
Discovery
Green and White Tomato Leaves Point to an Enzyme Gene
A 2024 study explored the genetics and cell biology behind a tomato plant's patchy leaves. It identified an FtsH-related candidate, with key tests still needed.
Discovery
New Study Compares Four Enzymes for Plastic Breakdown
How does an enzyme’s performance change from one plastic to another? A new study in Biotechnology Journal, published in April 2024, compares four bacterial enzymes—DaPUase,…
Discovery
R2D Ligase Opens a New Route to Joining DNA and RNA
A ligase from a bacteriophage can efficiently attach DNA to the normally difficult 5′ end of RNA. Researchers demonstrated a possible adapter-ligation application, with broader…
Environment
Solar Power and Enzymes Turn CO2 into a Sugar
A laboratory system linked solar-powered CO2 conversion to enzyme reactions that produced L-sorbose. The result demonstrates a synthesis route, with important resource and efficiency limits.
Health
Enzymes Remove Blood-Type Markers from Donor Kidneys
Two bacterial enzymes can remove much of the blood group A signal from the blood vessels of donated human kidneys.
AI & Tools
DeepEvo Designs Enzymes That Keep Working in the Heat
A 2024 study combined AI sequence generation with laboratory tests to design heat-tolerant GAPDH enzymes. The results show both promising variants and the limits of…
Environment
Which Enzymes Break Down Plastic? PAZy Tracks the Evidence
The PAZy database helps researchers trace evidence for plastic-degrading enzymes, distinguish tested proteins from predictions and compare experimental conditions.