enzyme

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In animals missing the enzyme, or carrying a nonfunctional version, liver cells became unusually large and showed significant genetic and cellular damage.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Instead of helping long term, shutting down this enzyme may raise the chances of chronic liver damage and cancer as people age.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

This bacterium contains the enzyme needed to produce serotonin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

The enzyme works slowly and can easily interact with oxygen instead of carbon dioxide, which wastes energy and reduces how effectively plants grow.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

The only way to eradicate transformation was to digest the material with an enzyme that, of all things, degraded DNA.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee