Natural products derived from microorganisms are a promising source of new active ingredients, but are often produced only in ...

Scientists based in Australia and China have identified a pair of pesky enzymes responsible for prolonging prostate cancer – ...

Bacillus subtilis K-5 is thermophilic and alkaliphilic strain for the production of thermostable alkaline protease. Maximum protease production was achieved by using wheat bran as a substrate from ...

Chemistry researchers at the University of Utah have uncovered an enzyme, dubbed PapB, that can "tie off" therapeutic ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The discovery of the psychoactive agent of Cannabis sativa (tetrahydrocannabinol - THC) in the second half of the 20 th century originated the research that later came to ...

Until now, a crucial step in the biosynthesis of iridoids, a class of plant defense substances that are also medically relevant, had remained undiscovered. A team from the Max Planck Institute for ...

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States In ...

Study in fission yeast revealed a key role for a set of enzymes called agmatinases, which break down the metabolite agmatine into polyamines.

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London's School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, using the simple fission yeast as a model, have shown that the new TOR inhibitor rapalink-1 prolongs ...