enzyme
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This enzyme cuts prohormones at specific amino acid sequences and has previously been linked to obesity in humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The medication is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of the viral polymerase, an enzyme the virus needs in order to reproduce.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
As the body attempts to clear methanol - breaking it down or metabolising it in the liver - an enzyme converts it to formaldehyde and formic acid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The researchers also identified a possible connection between humanin and Nox2, an enzyme involved in producing reactive oxygen species.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The changes are made in orderly fashion, step by step, each step directed and controlled by an enzyme of so specialized a function that it does this one thing and nothing else.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Importantly, the researchers identified examples in which bacteria and archaea appear to have independently developed different enzymes capable of performing the same essential metabolic task.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Within each lineage, newly evolved enzymes gradually replaced the inorganic catalysts supplied by the environment where metabolism had first developed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said it "allows us to dream of exciting possibilities for tackling humanity's greatest challenges" such as developing phages to tackle disease, enzymes to treat genetic disorders and antibodies that could be used in immunotherapy.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
They do not perform their final biological function until enzymes cut them into smaller fragments called peptides.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
When they switched back to glucose, these enzymes disappeared and glucose-digesting enzymes reappeared.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Cell Biology - High School
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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Genetics - High School
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