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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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Quitterer used those samples to investigate an enzyme called GRK2, which has long been a major focus of her research.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Some jumping genes can also remove themselves from RNA with the help of an RNA enzyme.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The researchers reasoned that the same enzyme might produce other peptides that influence energy balance and appetite.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

They blocked the enzyme using a small molecule known as pghi-4, which was first discovered in the Moses laboratory in 2020.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Again, this is because it inhibits the liver enzyme that normally would “draw the teeth” of the poisonous insecticide.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Novonesis—which develops enzymes, probiotics and other biological products—on Thursday posted organic sales growth of 9% on year for the second quarter, ahead of consensus estimates of 7.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

When the team examined animal genomes more broadly, they found related enzymes in more than 66 species spanning nine different phyla.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Laboratory tests showed that enzymes from very distantly related animals, including a sponge, an earthworm and a springtail, could also degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

By tracing the origins of enzymes during the earliest split between bacteria and archaea, the researchers found evidence that free-living cells may have originated independently twice.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

This capacity, Beadle understood, was due to the presence of enzymes within the cell—proteins that acted as master builders and could synthesize complex biological macromolecules out of basic precursor chemicals.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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