Researchers develop pioneering new method to map enzyme activity
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
A new discovery could have wide-reaching implications for the creation of manufactured goods, biofuels and therapeutic drugs, investigators report. By labelling certain segments of an enzyme with heavy isotopes, the researchers have found that ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ versions of enzymes have different catalytic properties, allowing them to determine which regions are linked to specific functions.