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 ...

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Its enzyme, used by plants to create stalks, is encased in spherical nanoparticles—tiny mesh-like cages made of pectin that ...

How does your body speed up these important reactions? The answer is enzymes. Enzymes in our bodies are catalysts that speed up reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start a ...

Okra’s pectin lowers bad cholesterol, helping heart well-being.

The family-owned company runs two production sites and has 400 employees. Herbstreith & Fox KG as a pectin specialist and market leader in the field of apple pectin provides pectin based on ...

This causes the formation of more enzyme-substrate complexes, leading to an increase in enzyme activity. This means the active site loses its important shape and can no longer form enzyme ...

Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the origin of a curious duplication that gives plants multiple ways to override instructions that are coded into their DNA. This ...

Stir, re-cover and after 12 hours add Pectic enzyme. Wait another 12 hours and add yeast. Stir twice a day for 7 days. Remove jelly bag and allow to drip drain, adding drained juice to primary ...

Enzymes are also involved in the building up of chemical molecules elsewhere in the body. In an organism, the active site of each enzyme is a different shape. It is a perfect match to the shape of ...

In this excerpt from chapter 4, “Sweet Preserves,” she shares how to make homemade pectin from citrus fruits. You can purchase this book from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: Preserving Everything.

Restriction enzymes are one of the most important tools in the recombinant DNA technology toolbox. But how were these enzymes discovered? And what makes them so useful? Aa Aa Aa When I come to the ...