The brain has the ability to modify the contacts between neurons. Among other things, that is how it prevents brain activity from getting out of control. Researchers have now identified a mechanism ...

Enzymes are incredibly important to our overall health. They are vital to nearly every biological process — accelerating ...

Scientists at Rice University have engineered living cells to light up like tiny beacons, revealing protein changes in real ...

Specific glycans attached to the GnT-IVa and GnT-IVb can bind to the enzyme’s ligand-binding site, interfering with recognition and binding to the glycosylation proteins’ normal glycoprotein ...

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

New findings highlight Telomir-1's impact on CASP8 and GSTP1, two critical genes that regulate cell death and glutathione-based detoxification pathways often disrupted in cancer.

Attached to many proteins are glycans—complex strings of sugars—that change how the whole unit functions. Removing them makes it easier to study both the proteins and glycans. But many glycans don’t ...

Researchers have discovered how sperm cells perform an extraordinary metabolic transformation after ejaculation, from quiet ...

Enzymes are biological catalysts that facilitate biochemical transformations. An international team of bioinformatics researchers has developed a new process for predicting Michaelis constants, which ...

Scientists have discovered how one of the world's most destructive plant diseases manages to slip past crops' defenses—a ...