Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For ...

Scientists have developed a novel approach to modifying enzymes to improve functionality. They designed a new algorithm to make multiple changes to an enzyme sequence at once as compared to the ...

While protein design is experiencing a period of rapid development and advancement, there’s one particularly challenging class of proteins that’s giving researchers a hard time: enzymes. Now ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it ...

A research team reports that advances in protein design—especially when combined with artificial intelligence—are rapidly ...

A multicolored 3D model of an enzyme binding double-stranded DNA against a light purple background Computational enzyme design could allow for reactions not seen in nature. Credit: Ian Haydon ...

Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle ...

Whether they are laundry detergents, mascara, or Christmas chocolate, many everyday products contain fatty acids from palm ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sam Pellock, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Enzymes are molecular ...