Enzymes Stocks List

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Enzymes Stocks Recent News

Date Stock Title
Nov 21 CRSP Why Is CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) Among the Worst Performing Biotech Stocks in 2024?
Nov 21 CRSP CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) Jefferies London Healthcare Conference (Transcript)
Nov 20 TXG If RFK Jr. Cuts Science Funding, These Instrument Makers May Suffer
Nov 20 RLAY Down -27.93% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why Relay Therapeutics (RLAY) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround
Nov 20 CRSP CRISPR Therapeutics Stock Falls 7% in Two Weeks: Time to Hold or Sell?
Nov 20 HALO Halozyme: Fabless Or Not, The Stock Is Now A Steal On Evotec Deal
Nov 20 EDIT Editas Medicine, Inc. (EDIT) Presents at Stifel 2024 Healthcare Conference (Transcript)
Nov 20 TXG 10x Genomics, Inc. (TXG): Among the Best Genomics Stocks to Buy Right Now
Nov 20 CRSP CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP): Among the Best Genomics Stocks to Buy Right Now
Nov 19 HALO 3 Reasons Why Growth Investors Shouldn't Overlook Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO)
Nov 19 FOLD HALO vs. FOLD: Which Stock Should Value Investors Buy Now?
Nov 19 HALO HALO vs. FOLD: Which Stock Should Value Investors Buy Now?
Nov 19 HALO Is Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) a Great Value Stock Right Now?
Nov 19 HALO Are Medical Stocks Lagging Cencora, Inc. (COR) This Year?
Nov 19 RLAY Down -23.95% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why Relay Therapeutics (RLAY) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround
Nov 18 ALLR Allarity Therapeutics Reports Key Progress in Phase 2 Stenoparib Trial and Strategic Corporate Advancements
Nov 18 HALO Halozyme Provides Update on Non-Binding Proposal to Combine with Evotec
Nov 18 CRSP CRISPR therapy from Intellia may ameliorate rare heart disorder, data suggest
Nov 17 HALO Halozyme plans to finance $2.1B takeover of Evotech in cash: report
Nov 17 HALO Halozyme to Fund Proposed Evotec Takeover in Cash, CEO Says
Enzymes

Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts. Enzymes accelerate chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products. Almost all metabolic processes in the cell need enzyme catalysis in order to occur at rates fast enough to sustain life. Metabolic pathways depend upon enzymes to catalyze individual steps. The study of enzymes is called enzymology and a new field of pseudoenzyme analysis has recently grown up, recognising that during evolution, some enzymes have lost the ability to carry out biological catalysis, which is often reflected in their amino acid sequences and unusual 'pseudocatalytic' properties.Enzymes are known to catalyze more than 5,000 biochemical reaction types. Most enzymes are proteins, although a few are catalytic RNA molecules. The latter are called ribozymes. Enzymes' specificity comes from their unique three-dimensional structures.
Like all catalysts, enzymes increase the reaction rate by lowering its activation energy. Some enzymes can make their conversion of substrate to product occur many millions of times faster. An extreme example is orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase, which allows a reaction that would otherwise take millions of years to occur in milliseconds. Chemically, enzymes are like any catalyst and are not consumed in chemical reactions, nor do they alter the equilibrium of a reaction. Enzymes differ from most other catalysts by being much more specific. Enzyme activity can be affected by other molecules: inhibitors are molecules that decrease enzyme activity, and activators are molecules that increase activity. Many therapeutic drugs and poisons are enzyme inhibitors. An enzyme's activity decreases markedly outside its optimal temperature and pH, and many enzymes are (permanently) denatured when exposed to excessive heat, losing their structure and catalytic properties.
Some enzymes are used commercially, for example, in the synthesis of antibiotics. Some household products use enzymes to speed up chemical reactions: enzymes in biological washing powders break down protein, starch or fat stains on clothes, and enzymes in meat tenderizer break down proteins into smaller molecules, making the meat easier to chew.

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