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… have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running … of Northwestern University describe a two-pronged approach that starts with engineered yeast cells but then moves out … to accelerate bio-design and identifying the best sets of enzymes that enable synthesis of sustainable chemical …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The … sunlight, carbon and water, to convert them into energy that is then stored. A team led by researchers at the Max … genes that code for Enoyl-CoA Carboxylase/Reductase (ECR) enzyme variants. ECR enzymes are capable of fixing CO2 many …

Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship … insights into how these ecosystems cycle nutrients like nitrogen and carbon, as well as improving the tree’s … allows researchers to conduct a wide variety of analyses that contribute to a sustainable bioeconomy. Summary The 27 …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal … hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they …

… reprogramming. The Science If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so the adage goes, it must be a duck. But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a … reprogrammed the bacteria’s central carbon and energy metabolism, to obtain more nutrients from the environment. …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and … in adaptations seen in later plant lineages. The team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by liverwort are … repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their roles. Peroxidases are enzymes known to help a plant to adapt to environmental …