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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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To narrow the search, the team focused on an enzyme called prohormone convertase 1/3, which cuts proteins at specific locations and has been linked to obesity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

It helps release RNA Polymerase II, the enzyme that drives genes into active transcription.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The enzyme MOF places chemical tags called histone acetylations onto chromatin.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

In the new study, scientists used experiments in both human and mouse cells to identify the enzyme BMP1, which cuts SLIT3 into these two fragments.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 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




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