Nodule formation induced by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia depends on bacterial nodulation factors (NFs), modified chitin oligosaccharides with a fatty acid moiety. Certain NFs can be cleaved and ...

Respiratory infections can be severe, even deadly, in some individuals, but not in others. Scientists have gained new understanding of why this is the case by uncovering an early molecular driver that ...

Following the Structural Genomics Initiative to solve as many unique protein structures as possible; the Protein Data Bank contains several enzymes whose structures have been solved, but for which no ...

Lipase (Lipase, glyceride hydrolase) belongs to the class of carboxyl ester hydrolase, which can gradually hydrolyze triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids. Lipase exists in fat-containing animal ...

High oleoyl-ACP-hydrolase (OLAH) levels are detected in patients with life-threatening respiratory infections like seasonal influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus. Scientists at St.