Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a new material that harnesses the power of enzymes more effectively.

Every enzyme has a place in which the molecule fits exactly. This is known as the active site. The active site of the catalase allows the hydrogen peroxide molecule to fit exactly. You could say ...

Enzymes are able to bind to their substrate because they have an active site. An induced fit occurs where the active site of the enzyme is changed slightly to better fit the substrate after the ...

Figure 1: The known active site of carboxypeptidase A and a hypothetical ... techniques as we isolated and characterized these new enzyme inhibitors. However, our synthetic expertise was an ...

Enzymes in our bodies are catalysts that speed up reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start a reaction. Each enzyme molecule has a special place called the active site where ...

The exact catalytic mechanism and the roles of various amino acid residues in the enzyme's active site have been debated for ...