Scientists teach microorganisms to build molecules with light

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make ...

Single enzyme streamlines production of all four RNA building blocks

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleoside triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), has been ...
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Light-powered bacteria become living chemical factories

Bacteria can be turned into living factories that churn out complex molecules using reactions catalysed by light 1.

Study confirms rare CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 variants reduce drug-metabolizing activity

A new in vivo pharmacokinetic recall study involving 114 participants in the Estonian Biobank has provided the first clinical ...
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Brain-specific enzyme drives branching and extension of O-mannose glycans

Gifu University scientists have uncovered how a brain-specific enzyme reshapes protein-linked sugar chains to facilitate the formation of complex glycans essential for normal brain function. These ...
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Single Enzyme Enables Low-Cost Synthesis of All RNA Nucleotides

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleotide triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), was ...

Study sheds light on the function of a key antibiotic-producing enzyme

Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely ...
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Analyzing bacterial enzymes in pikromycin synthesis

Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely used to treat a range of infections, including pneumonia and skin ...