Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms. They are essential for life, as they play a crucial role in various biological processes, such as digestion, ...

Chemical reaction cascades have been generated in a cell using an artificial enzyme as a catalyst. Let there be light: An artificial metalloenzyme (blue) penetrates a mammalian cell, where it ...

Enzymes, or biological catalysts, are proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms. Biological catalysts are prepared from renewable materials, operate near room temperature and ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

Cells operate on rules not vibes, including when on the precipice of persisting or perishing. Yet, with prior research ...

Transition-metal catalysts and biological catalysts don’t always play nicely. In fact, like playground bullies, they can be downright mean, shutting each other down. But now, an international team of ...

A new enzyme-inspired, small-molecule catalyst developed at the University of Illinois holds alcohols and alkenes in just the right proximity and position to join into ethers, key functional ...

IN MANY biological and industrial processes, reactions must proceed rapidly or they are useless. That is why catalysts are so important. These agents hasten reactions, without themselves being ...

Undergraduate researchers study a protein that converts omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids, possibly reducing ...