Nodule formation induced by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia depends on bacterial nodulation factors (NFs), modified chitin oligosaccharides with a fatty acid moiety. Certain NFs can be cleaved and ...

Following the Structural Genomics Initiative to solve as many unique protein structures as possible; the Protein Data Bank contains several enzymes whose structures have been solved, but for which no ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme/oxidized protein hydrolase (AARE/OPH) has been biochemically demonstrated to be a bifunctional protease that ...

Respiratory infections can be severe, even deadly, in some individuals, but not in others. Scientists have gained new understanding of why this is the case by uncovering an early molecular driver that ...

Can making ephemeral anti-inflammatory fatty acids stick around a little longer protect people against Alzheimer’s disease? It just might, according to a study by Hui Zheng and colleagues at the ...

Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) plays a dual role in the detoxification and activation of tobacco procarcinogens. Two polymorphisms affecting enzyme activity have been described in the exons 3 and ...

Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (EPHX) catalyses the phase I hydrolysis of epoxides, playing a role in detoxification processes and in the metabolism of endogenous and exogenous compounds. The gene is ...

Lipase (Lipase, glyceride hydrolase) belongs to the class of carboxyl ester hydrolase, which can gradually hydrolyze triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids. Lipase exists in fat-containing animal ...

High oleoyl-ACP-hydrolase (OLAH) levels are detected in patients with life-threatening respiratory infections like seasonal influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus. Scientists at St.