Plants and microbes are known to secrete enzymes to transform organic phosphorus into bioavailable inorganic phosphorus. Now, researchers report iron oxides can drive the same conversion at comparable ...

A deeper look into the apparent self-defense mechanisms of these bacteriophage-resistant bacteria revealed their secret weapon: a group of enzymes called restriction endonucleases, or restriction ...

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 movement. Your body ...

Fungi, particularly their mycelium root networks, secrete enzymes that break down toxic demolition waste. The mycelium and substrate leftovers are compressed into bricks that are said to withstand ...

Scientists have uncovered that iron oxides, previously thought to trap phosphorus, actually help convert it into a ...

Cells also secrete various proteins that become part of the extracellular matrix or are involved in intercellular communication. Cells rely on thousands of different enzymes to catalyze metabolic ...

XX female secrete neither. In CAH, the absence of a critical enzyme allows a 46,XX fetus to produce androgens, resulting in ambiguous external genitals. A CAH individual may have an oversized ...

Sam Pellock receives funding from the Washington Research Foundation and Schmidt Sciences. Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability ...