Screening of metagenomic soil libraries, especially by activity-based approaches, has led to the identification of various novel biomolecules, including enzymes and antibiotics of industrial ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...

Collagen is a major protein which is found in connective tissues and the extracellular matrix (ECM ... the molecules of tropocollagen. The enzyme which aids this step is lysyl oxidase, which ...