This type of enzyme might be useful for extracting biofuels from plants.
The researchers say their work suggests that a type of enzyme called a carboxylesterase, found in asparagus, is at work.
The compound is being developed to block a type of enzyme that allows cancer cells to divide and spread and normal cells to be turned into cancer cells, a Vertex spokesman, Michael Partridge, said.
Each type of enzyme has a very specific 3-D structure, the shape of which dictates what molecules it can bind with.
Collins has developed a new technology that employs a type of enzyme that she has studied for more than 20 years.
Specifically, I've been looking for the release of a particular type of enzyme known as chitinase that can chew up the cell wall of a fungus.
The new poly ester amide) shows a hydrolytic degradation that takes place through the ester linkage and an enzymatic degradation that strongly depends on the type of enzyme.
In plants and animals, steroids appear to be biosynthesized by similar reactions, beginning with acetic acid, assisted by a type of enzyme.
Structural modeling showed that DmCatD exhibited the expected folding for this type of enzyme, and an active site with conserved architecture.
The effects of enzymatic treatments on pulp and paper properties showed that the type of enzyme component is probably very important.
Here, we present the crystal structure of the siroheme decarboxylase from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus representing the first three-dimensional structure for this type of enzyme.
