Health
Experimental Acne Vaccine Reduces Skin Inflammation in Mice
An experimental acne vaccine reduced skin inflammation in mice by targeting an enzyme made by certain strains of Cutibacterium acnes.
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Environment
Rubisco Is Slowly Getting Better at Capturing CO₂
An evolutionary comparison suggests that Rubisco has gradually improved its performance in C₃ flowering plants. The findings offer clues for enzyme engineering, but crop-yield gains…
Industry
Redesigning Enzymes to Choose a Molecule’s Mirror Image
A study involving EvoEnzyme used FuncLib to redesign peroxygenases, creating variants with different product preferences and substrate-specific performance gains.
Discovery
What Came Before Cells? The Chemistry Behind Life’s Origins
Cells and enzymes depend on one another today. RNA catalysts, chemical networks and protocell experiments offer clues to how that relationship could have begun.
Health
An Enzyme Helps Worms Age Better Under Sugar Stress
Boosting a worm counterpart of G3PP improved movement with age and extended lifespan under excess glucose. Researchers traced a link to cellular recycling, with limits…
Industry
Enzymit Puts Enzymes to Work Outside Living Cells
Living cells make many useful chemicals, but keeping those cells alive also adds work to a manufacturing process.
AI & Tools
AlphaFold 2 Opens a Window into Enzyme Structure
AlphaFold 2 helps researchers explore enzyme structures and plan experiments. Confidence scores and biological context determine what a prediction can usefully tell us.
Industry
Long-Range DNA Polymerases: What the Product Claims Mean
Long-fragment PCR claims depend on the starting DNA and exact formulation. This updated guide explains what six suppliers' specifications do—and do not—establish.
Health
Blocking an Enzyme Helps Ageing Muscles in Mice
A study links ceramide production to muscle ageing and tests an enzyme target in cells and animals. Later research shows why the exact target and…
Environment
Ocean Enzymes Reveal Why Temperature History Matters
Marine microbes experience temperature swings, not just yearly averages. A study links that thermal history to enzyme properties and the flexibility of bacterial growth.
Discovery
Sea Anemone Protein Redesigned to Break Down Tiny PET Particles
Researchers redesigned a sea anemone protein to break down tiny PET particles. The 2023 laboratory study points towards possible water-treatment applications, with important limits.
Discovery
Enzymes in Tiny Cages Speed Up Chiral Alcohol Synthesis
A 2023 study improved chiral alcohol synthesis by engineering enzymes inside protein cages. The results show why an enzyme's surroundings can change which mutations help.