Biosynthesis has until recently been primarily a deconstructive art, using knowledge of structure and (bio)chemical mechanism but additionally requiring familiarity with methods in biochemistry ...

Locust plagues pose a significant threat to global agriculture, economies and the environment. Current control methods rely ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese researchers has discovered the biosynthesis and release process of the key pheromone that ...

Researchers have mapped the chemical pathway for 4-vinylanisole that causes locusts to swarm and figured out how to inhibit ...

Plants produce an astonishing variety of chemical substances. Most of these metabolites are involved in chemical ...

The upstream genes of strychnine biosynthesis to the formation of an important intermediate (geissoschizine) have been fully elucidated in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar ...

For paclitaxel biosynthesis a lot of the enzymes and intermediate products were unknown. The missing links in the chain are like needles in a haystack. The complex chemical structure of the ...

It could synthesize glutamic acid from glucose and urea. When subjected to repeated ultra-violet light and X-ray irradiations, and after process of screening, the organism had increased the yield of ...

Directing Biosynthesis V will be the fifth in a successful series of meeting and will represent a significant opportunity for scientists interested in the biosynthesis of natural products to hear more ...

Key protein for the biosynthesis of defense steroids in solanaceous plants discovered Date: October 17, 2024 Source: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ...

Directing Biosynthesis VII will be followed on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 July 2024 by The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products Symposium XVII, a 2 day symposium dedicated to presentations by PhD ...