Study sheds light on the function of a key antibiotic-producing enzyme

Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely ...
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Enzyme disables bacterial toxin by cleaving key chemical ring structure

A research team at Leibniz-HKI has described a new enzyme that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless. Malleicyprol is considered an important virulence factor of Burkholderia ...
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Structure of enzyme involved in pre-tRNA splicing revealed

The structure of a key enzyme involved in protein production is revealed by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Using cryo-EM, researchers at Goethe University (Frankfurt, Germany) shed light on ...
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Mount Sinai researchers unravel the crystal structure of a key enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, paving the way for new antivirals

New York, NY (September 8, 2022) – A team of Mount Sinai researchers has produced a high-resolution crystal structure of an enzyme essential to the survival of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...