Five pairs of bacterial type-A and type-B diterpene synthases have been characterized: BAD86798/BAD86797, AHK61133/AHK61132, BAB39207/BAB39206, CldD/CldB and RmnD/RmnB, and are involved in the ...

Two crystal structures of a three-domain class II diterpene cyclase with substrate and product analogs provide new insights into the mechanistic pathway of this enzyme and illuminate evolutionary ...

Diterpene glycosides allow plants to fend off herbivores. The study shows that these plant chemicals attack certain parts of the cell membrane. To protect themselves from their own toxins and to ...

Researchers from the University of Seville and the University of Cadiz, coordinated by the professors of Physiology Pedro Núñez-Abades and Carmen Castro, have demonstrated that the use of ...

The coffee in the break room at work could contain high levels of substances that elevate levels of 'bad' cholesterol in your blood – but there's a simple way to reduce them. Diterpenes are compounds ...

The diterpene shown has been identified as a mating hormone used by members of the fungal plant pathogen family Phytophthora to regulate their sexual reproduction (Science 2005,309, 1828).

Scientists describe the biosynthesis and exact mode of action of diterpene glycosides in wild tobacco. These antiherbivory compounds attack the cell membrane. To protect themselves from their own ...

Coffee filters reduce intake of LDL cholesterol-generating compounds found in the brew and subsequently may lower risk for atherosclerotic heart disease, researchers reported.Workplace brewing ...

Researchers have shown that, after an injury, neuron production is activated naturally in the areas of the brain responsible for their generation. However, these cells do not move to the areas ...

Adults treated with 14 days of intravenous injections of ginkgo diterpene lactone meglumine (GDLM) -- a combination of biologically active components of ginkgo biloba -- after an ischemic (clot ...

Not all workplace machines perform equally. Liquid-model machines, which mix coffee concentrate with hot water, generally showed lower diterpene levels comparable to paper-filtered coffee.