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.
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Plant colour and enzyme genes
Explore what an FtsH-related candidate can explain about variegated tomato leaves.
Plastic breakdown at the nanoscale
Discover how engineered protein pores acted on tiny PET particles, and why bulk plastic remains a different challenge.
Enzymes in a changing ocean
Follow the connection between habitat temperature history and microbial enzyme activity.
Chiral synthesis inside protein cages
See why activity and selectivity must be checked together when enzymes work in a nanoreactor.
PCR and long-range DNA polymerases
Read manufacturer length claims alongside the limits imposed by templates, formulations and fidelity.
Enzymes and muscle ageing
Distinguish results in mice from evidence for treating muscle ageing in people.
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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.
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.
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.