Sentences with phrase «produced by an enzyme»

Cynzime ® is a 100 % thistle rennet extraction produced by Enzyme Development Corporation in Scranton, PA, USA.

When the team brought the nanocrystals close to an alkaline phosphate - catalyzed reaction, they saw the violet emissions diminish in direct proportion to a chemical indicator produced by the enzyme.

Not exact matches

One approach used by Cubist is to target the enzymes produced by drug - resistant bacteria that degrade antibiotic agents and render them useless.

A serious British study calculated that the odds of producing just the basic enzymes of life by chance are 10 to 40,000 th power to 1.

The sense in which the word choice is used in this context is similar to the way it is used earlier in this chapter in accounting for the different enzymes produced by the bacterium Escherichia coli.

NutriBiotic Rice Protein is produced by means of a unique enzyme process.

Rice Nectars are natural alternative sweeteners produced by steeping brown rice with special enzymes (koji) and then converting mashed grain into a smooth flavored, sweet liquid extract.

By soaking them in water, the enzymes come to life and can be planted to produce new trees.

The researchers experimented with inducing oxidative stress in a human cell line culture with and without VCOP (virgin coconut oil polyphenols) to observe how VCOP positively promoted catalase, a very important enzyme in protecting the cell from oxidative damage, and glutathione (GSH), a self - recycling antioxidant produced by the liver.

NutriBiotic Organic Rice Protein is produced by means of a unique enzyme process.

Brown Rice Syrups are all - natural sweeteners produced by culturing cooked rice with enzymes.

IN BRIEF Scientists have new evidence that suggests that THC inhibits the formation of amyloid plaques by blocking the enzyme in the brain that produces them.

An extracellular enzyme produced by certain strains of a soil bacterium (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) that catalyzes the breakdown of proteins into polypeptides.

Refers to a class of enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.

Enzymes are proteins produced by living things and help break up stains and soil in laundry so that they can be washed away.

The treatment consists of iodo - thiocyanate complexes, which are inspired by enzymes and reactive molecules produced by our immune system.

This allowed them to shut down Fos - producing neurons, by adding a drug that works only when the enzyme is present.

They also helped to break down the poison, known more precisely as TCDD, by producing powerful enzymes called cytochrome P450s, which are normally confined to the liver.

DPP4 is an enzyme that, to a large extent, is produced by the liver and inhibits the effects of important intestinal hormones that are involved in blood glucose metabolism.

Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes?

Fat - 1 encodes an enzyme that converts omega - 6 acids — which can be produced by mammals but do not have beneficial effects — into the more favorable omega - 3 acids.

The drugs were thought to produce those effects through distinct molecular pathways, but according to a new study led by scientists at Temple University School of Medicine, both types of drugs may help the failing heart by counteracting the effects of an enzyme known as GRK2.

The enzyme is produced by white blood cells called neutrophils, which play an important role in inflammatory and immune responses and may be a key contributor to the development of muscular dystrophy.

A payload of enzymes, like those produced by gut bacteria to aid digestion, will speed the copter's demise when it crashes.

The degree of fat content in the liver correlated with the degree of DPP4 gene methylation and the amount of enzymes produced by the liver.

Skin squames consist of keratins which are structural proteins that can be degraded by keratinase, enzymes produced by some bacteria.

A new study suggests that the iron - and - sulfur clusters at the heart of many life - critical enzymes could have been floating around Earth's primordial seas some 4 billion years ago, produced by nothing more than primitive biomolecules, iron salts, and a previously unknown ingredient — ultraviolet (UV) light.

«This happens because the presence of microbial cheaters ultimately reduces the total amount of enzymes produced by the microbial community, while the total amount of microbial biomass stays about the same» explains University of Vienna ecologist and IIASA guest researcher Christina Kaiser, who led the study.

In earlier research, a team from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine had found that C. albicans, a type of yeast, took advantage of an enzyme produced by S. mutans to form a particularly intractable biofilm.

Comparing proteins produced by normal genes to those produced by mutant Bt resistant ones, the team discovered that enzymes play a key role in determining whether or not a worm succumbs to the toxin.

As a first step, Williamson's team, in collaboration with other institutes, have produced eight mice whose milk contains lysostaphin, an enzyme which kills staphylococcal bacteria by dissolving their cell walls.

Statins reduce the amount of cholesterol the liver produces by blocking the enzyme needed to make it.

The protein produced by this gene protects the chromosome ends of the DNA from damage, and controls telomere maintenance by the telomerase enzyme.

By producing the metabolite 2 - phosphoglycerate, PGAM1 regulates several different metabolic pathways, and the levels of this enzyme are abnormally elevated in various human cancers, including breast cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer.

In line with this interpretation, the enzyme encoded by this gene also plays a role in producing hormones (thyroid and insulin) involved in brain development.

«What is remarkable is that the YihQ enzyme was hiding in plain sight and is produced by the humble bacterium E. coli, present in nearly every biologist's laboratory.»

The researchers discovered that mushroom roots produce enzymes that normally serve the fungus by unlocking wood fibers, which are made of strings of carbon - hydrogen molecules.

By searching the scientific literature, Munn found that the macrophages» tryptophan - eating enzyme, called IDO or indoleamine 2,3 - dioxygenase, was also produced in large quantities by human placental tissuBy searching the scientific literature, Munn found that the macrophages» tryptophan - eating enzyme, called IDO or indoleamine 2,3 - dioxygenase, was also produced in large quantities by human placental tissuby human placental tissue.

The experiment showed that, without this enzyme, these cyanobacteria could no longer synthesize chlorophyll f. By artificially adding the gene that encodes the enzyme, the researchers also showed that this one enzyme is all that is necessary to convert cyanobacteria that normally do not produce chlorophyll f into ones that can produce it.

Iogen Corporation has furthered this technology by developing enzymes to convert tough, sugar - bearing cellulose in inexpensively produced agricultural waste into ethanol (opposite page, top).

Aβ peptides are produced by the action of two enzymes called beta - and gamma - secretases.

The babies are all suffering from a rare hereditary disease called Hurler's syndrome, caused by a defect in the gene that produces the enzyme.

Molecules produced on demand by the host's genes have lots of different jobs that might help or hurt the bugs: immune responses, digestive enzymes, physiological «climate control» and metabolism, among others.

Chitinase is an enzyme that is produced by most plants to protect against insects.

In tests, nucleases (or enzymes) produced by the staph bacteria cleave the particles, like a warrior wielding a sword.

This sequence contains the active site of the enzyme produced by the DFR - B gene.

Using a fluorescent substrate, the device targets BlaC — an enzyme produced by the bacteria that cause TB — as an indicator of the bacteria's presence.

Drugs could potentially be developed that work by either increasing the activity of enzymes that produce FAHFAs or blocking those that destroy FAHFAs.

Frost and his colleagues anticipate that, by expressing the gene for the dehydrogenase enzyme, they should be able to produce a microbe that can synthesise quinic acid from an appropriate starting material.

Over 3000 plant species produce cyanogens, compounds that are converted into cyanide by specialized enzymes also produced by the plant.