Researchers want to transform the natural and abundant resource wood into useful materials, and central to that is a ...

Each enzyme molecule has a special place called the active site where another molecule, called the substrate, fits. The substrate goes through a chemical reaction and changes into a new molecule ...

Enzymes are highly specific to their substrates. They bind these substrates at complementary areas on their surfaces, providing a snug fit that many scientists compare to a lock and key.

In an organism, the active site of each enzyme is a different shape. It is a perfect match to the shape of the substrate molecule, or molecules. This is essential to the enzyme being able to work.

Fungi have enzymes, tiny chemical machines, capable of doing that, but to improve and adapt them for industrial use, we need to understand how they work, and researchers did not have a suitable feed, ...

This causes the formation of more enzyme-substrate complexes, leading to an increase in enzyme activity. This means the active site loses its important shape and can no longer form enzyme ...

This illustration depicts the process of enzyme catalysis. The enzyme (blue) binds to its substrate (red) to form an enzyme-substrate complex. The enzyme then catalyzes the conversion of the substrate ...

However, the substrate specificity of the second-step enzyme ArcS was previously unknown. To address this issue, a research ...

A research team has reviewed the crucial role of light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR) in chlorophyll ...

Anthony Green's research group at the University of Manchester, UK, reengineers enzymes to have catalytic functions beyond ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...

Researchers want to transform the natural and abundant resource wood into useful materials, and central to that is a ...