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Structural and biochemical analyses of new tetrameric transferases from psychrophilic and mesophilic bacteria shed light into enzyme activity at low temperatures.
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The Penicillin-Binding Proteins (PBPs) are transpeptidases that catalyze crosslinking in the bacterial cell wall and the molecular targets of the ß-lactam antibiotics
Read more: Dissecting the role of PBP1 from S. aureus, a Key Component of the Divisome Machinery
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Iodine concentration in ice remained constant during the pre-ozone hole period (1800-1974) but has continuously declined since the onset of the ozone hole era (~1975), closely tracking the total ozone evolution over Antarctic
Read more: Antarctic ozone hole modifies iodine geochemistry on the Antarctic Plateau
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CBE-IQFR researcher work in an international collaborative project to watch in real time the diffusion of ligands into enzyme crystals using the state-of-the-art XFEL technology. The article has been published in IUCrJ.
Read more: Watching substrate diffusion and ligand binding in enzyme crystals with XFEL technology.
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Cold, Salinity and abiotic stresses cause crop productivity loss at worldwide scale. Many of the physiological changes motivated by the plant adaptation to these stresses unbalance lipid homeostasis at the plasma membrane
Read more: SYT1 maintains the plant cell membrane to cope with abiotic stress