Study reveals that reversible chemical modifications can inhibit pyruvate kinase and affect its variants differently, ...

A protein that has long frustrated diabetes researchers is suddenly at the center of a very different fight. By targeting an enzyme called protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, or PTP1B, scientists are ...

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland is the first to report that the fatty acid composition of blood and the enzyme activity associated with it predict the development of bone mineral ...

Deep in your muscles, an enzyme called AMPD1 helps turn chemical fuel into usable energy. When it does not work well, muscles tire faster. That matters because problems with AMPD1 are the most common ...

An enzyme called FBP1 -- essential for regulating metabolism -- binds to a transcription factor in the nucleus of certain kidney cells and restrains energy production in the cell body, researchers ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a critical mechanism that could pave the way for safer and more effective obesity ...

Researchers have discovered an important, previously unknown step in the metabolism of sugar that could have applications for treating obesity or type 2 diabetes down the road. In a study published ...

A type of metabolic enzyme, which aids detoxification, has been linked to obesity and fatty liver disease, a new study found. A team of researchers at the Clemson University found that Cyp2b gene, ...

Scientists have discovered metabolic enzymes in the opium poppy that play "widespread roles" in enabling the plant to make painkilling morphine and codeine, and other important compounds. University ...

Obesity is a complex disease that is rapidly increasing in the Western world and is inextricably linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, inflammatory diseases and cancer. There are two long-term ...

The metabolic enzyme IL4I1 (Interleukin-4-Induced-1) promotes the spread of tumor cells and suppresses the immune system. This was discovered by scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) ...