Using HT-MEK to Study Enzymes
Stanford researchers have developed a tool that combine microfluidics and cell-free protein synthesis technologies to speed up the study of enzymes.
via Stanford News
Scientists now understand that these transformations are powered by enzymes – protein molecules comprised of chains of amino acids that act to speed up, or catalyze, the conversion of one kind of molecule (substrates) into another (products). In so doing, they enable reactions such as digestion and fermentation – and all of the chemical events that happen in every one of our cells – that, left alone, would happen extraordinarily slowly.
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