A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

The enzyme TBK1 is an important component of the innate immune system that plays a critical role in the defense against viruses. Upon mutation-induced loss of TBK1 function, patients show an ...

The Nocturnin enzyme modifies two critical metabolic molecules, NADP+ and NADPH, by removing a phosphate group from each to produce NAD+ and NADH, respectively. NAD+ and NADH are essential to the ...

To understand what has gone wrong when cancer occurs and to create new possibilities for treatment, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms behind what is happening at the cellular ...

An international research team led by the University of Leicester has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism that recognizes and eliminates "bad" transcriptional elongation enzymes during gene expression, findings that may inform the ...

Enzymes help with specific functions that are vital to the operation and overall health of the body. They help speed up chemical reactions in the human body. They are essential for respiration ...

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As a part of the human immune system, white blood cells create a number of enzymes that help fight disease. Sometimes, these enzymes damage tissues in inflammatory diseases such as chronic ...