Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are innate immunity molecules present in most invertebrate and vertebrate animals, but not in plants. Insects have up to 19 PGRPs, classified into short ...

Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS) and Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology (IMB), UiT─The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway ...

“Some people only know something is wrong with their liver through abnormalities in their liver enzymes on routine blood tests,” says LeBrett. Ask your doctor if you’re up to date on your ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

The study identified levansucrase and glycosyltransferase enzymes as key to EPS synthesis in S. salivarius, providing potential molecular targets for developing microbiome-based metabolic ...

It is a unique member of the plastic family as it can be broken down into its constituent units (or monomers) by PETases, which are enzymes that degrade PET. Until now, scientists have discovered ...