Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have—for the first time—precisely characterized the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors ...

Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate. It is volatile, highly toxic, and a key environmental pollutant with ...

Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms that lack cell nuclei) an immunity against foreign DNA.

Researchers at Meijo University identified the lipoxygenase AsLOX2 as the gateway enzyme that converts α-linolenic acid into ...

Scientists are investigating the previously largely unknown biosynthetic pathway that leads to the formation of cardenolides in plants. In a new study, they present two enzymes from the CYP87A family ...

A schematic model of CsOMT5-driven biosynthesis and accumulation of PMFs. SAM, S-adenosyl-L-methionine; Nar, naringenin; FNS, flavone synthase; FH, flavonoid hydroxylase. Polymethoxyflavones (PMFs), ...

Cannabis has been part of human culture for thousands of years, yet the molecular machinery that gives the plant its mind-altering and medicinal power has remained surprisingly obscure. Now a team of ...

A living fossil fungus carries a fully functional betalain-forming enzyme despite producing no betalains, expanding the ...

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed baker’s yeast cousin to manufacture cannabis compounds in a laboratory, potentially bypassing the need for acres of hemp plants and unpredictable growing ...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has received US approval for a gene therapy against a form of hemophilia, a rare and inherited blood clotting disorder, the company said Friday. An experimental drug ...