Drugs are metabolized in the liver using several enzyme-catalyzed processes. These enzymes are collectively referred to as the hepatic microsomal enzyme system, and they are usually present in the ...

In living organisms, there are many chemical reactions taking place. These reactions have many different functions, including breaking down the food we eat and getting energy from the broken down food ...

“Enzyme coffee” is regular coffee with added ingredients, such as digestive enzymes and green tea. Some people claim it promotes well-being or weight loss. However, no research proves this. Enzymes ...

Enzymatic catalysis is essential to cell survival. In many instances, enzymes that participate in reaction cascades have been shown to assemble into metabolons in response to the presence of the ...

Way back when, digestive issues were a thing many people kept under wraps. Now, it’s become increasingly clear that a lot of people suffer from digestive problems like bloating, constipation, diarrhea ...

Researchers at the University created an AI model called EZSpecificity to test how certain enzymes and substrates bind to ...

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is the main treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). PERT replaces the digestive enzymes that the pancreas does not produce or release. EPI ...

Researchers have crystallized the enzyme that makes the natural product stevia taste 200 times as sweet as sugar. The enzyme is a uridine diphosphate–dependent glucosyltransferase, UGT76G1, and it ...