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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Instead, we found that inhibiting the enzyme had little effect. What mattered was whether the protein itself was present."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The team crystallized the enzyme and studied it at the Institut de Biologie Structurale in Grenoble, France.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

That combination supports the possibility that ancient nitrogenases more closely resembled this archaeal enzyme than the nitrogenases found in bacteria today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

An enzyme that digested RNA had no effect.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Vitamin C can increase the activity of cellular proteins known as TET enzymes, which help regulate whether certain genes are switched on or off.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have now shown that one of biology's most important enzymes can accurately read and transcribe a much larger version containing eight genetic letters.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

When any of these enzymes — even a single one of them — is destroyed or weakened, the cycle of oxidation within the cell comes to a halt.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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