Natural enzymes are remarkable molecular machines that enable all sorts of essential biochemical reactions. For decades, ...

Enzymes help digest food, clean laundry, make perfumes, and build medicines. They also break down toxins in the environment.

Reporting in Science, researchers at UC Santa Barbara, UCSF and the University of Pittsburgh have developed a new workflow for designing enzymes from scratch, paving the way toward more efficient ...

Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have demonstrated how genetically engineered enzymes can ...

How does your body speed up these important reactions? The answer is enzymes. Enzymes in our bodies are catalysts that speed up reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start a ...

The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most ...

A research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has identified a previously unknown enzyme, SIRT2, that plays a key role in memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD).