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… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane … they need to grow and divide. Similar to the bacterial enzymes that fix nitrogen — nitrogenases — other enzymatic … has potential as an industrial workhorse. As these enzymes cleave the sulfur from gasses, they also produce …

… of natural products, Professor Bill Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Bill is a pioneer … time, we found another molecule. This time it was from a fungal strain collected from sediments in the ocean. No, … 20S proteasome. The proteasome in the cell is a bundle of enzymes that is used to degrade proteins, peptides, that are …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying … microbes gave researchers access to a collection of novel enzymes — many of which contained interesting properties in …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match characteristics — … process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. …

… UDWARY: It’s been a while, but Natural Prodcast is back again for another round of episodes. If you stick around for … And I think also the quality that we provide. So for fungal and for a lot of our eukaryotic genomes, all our eukaryotic genomes. Fungal plant, algal genomes, a lot of effort goes into …

… Wednesday, March 18: "Genomics of Environmental Opportunism: Fungal Adaptation at the Edge of Pathogenicity" Workshop Steven Ahrendt presenting  Friday, March 20: JGI-EMSL Workshop: "Toward 10,000 Fungal Genomes and Phenotypes" …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by microorganisms — out,” … for anaerobic fungi . Eventually, it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — …

… The Joint Genome Institute and the Molecular Foundry have launched a joint Critical Minerals and Materials proposal call . This represents a … The JGI supports remote users. Users conduct experiments in their own labs or collect field samples. Depending on the …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … might make this molecule and predicting what kind of enzymes might be involved, and then being able to make those … So, you know, we’re often limited by the native function of enzymes and what they’re able to produce, you know, but …

… right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first … But on the other hand, we're also really interested in enzymes to do some of the reactions that chemists find … students, we obviously can't put any antibiotics or antifungals in there. So they get just a smattering. JACKIE: …