A new PLOS Pathogens review explains how accessory chromosomes, iron and sterol metabolism, and immune-evasion traits allow ...

Researchers engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce isobutylamine from sugars and waste feedstocks at a record 33.2 ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical stages in the formation of ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical stages in the formation of β-lactam antibiotics like penicillin, offering ...

Researchers used XFEL technology to observe the enzyme isopenicillin N synthase as it converts its linear peptide substrate into the ring system of penicillin.

Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical ...

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A multi-omics study has mapped key genetic controls behind verbascoside accumulation in olive fruit, offering a clearer route from a complex metabolic trait to practical breeding targets. Verbascoside ...

A single molecular regulator may help explain how pear skin loses red pigment while retaining green color as fruit matures.

Thomas Makris, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, wants to unlock the inner biochemical ...

Metabolic engineering encompasses the systematic modification of cellular networks through genetic and regulatory interventions to enhance, redirect, or enable the biosynthesis of target compounds for ...

Many medically important drugs originate from natural sources. Microorganisms produce these compounds using highly sophisticated and remarkably precise enzymatic assembly lines. Many natural microbial ...