Millipedes defend themselves with hydrogen cyanide, like some plants & insects, but new research shows they evolved this ...

Cardiac fibrosis is associated with clinical outcome in patients with heart failing. There is no information concerning whether flavin containing monooxygenase 2 (FMO2) is involved in the fibrotic ...

This useful study holds importance within the focused scope of endometriosis treatment, providing initial evidence of a potential new therapeutic target. The strength of the evidence is solid, as the ...

Flavoprotein monooxygenases catalyze reactions, including hydroxylation and epoxidation, involved in the catabolism, detoxification, and biosynthesis of natural substrates and industrial contaminants.

Researchers from Bochum and Leipzig have successfully used a soil bacterium to specifically produce prodrugs. The key to this step was a detailed understanding of the metabolization of indole. The ...

Having high cholesterol means you have too much of a fatty substance known as cholesterol in your blood. If left untreated it can have potentially fatal consequences. This is because the cholesterol ...

Introduction: Most current methods for analysing the activity of LPMO are based on the quantification of H 2 O 2, a side product of LPMO; however, these methods cannot assay the LPMO activity of ...

1 School of Life and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2 CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, Canberra, ACT, Australia Monooxygenases ...

The key to new cancer treatments could lie in common Mediterranean herbs say scientists who have discovered a 'breakthrough' herbal recipe. The good news is that herbs such as thyme and oregano both ...