A circulating enzyme called lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase promotes the uptake of free cholesterol by HDL by a reaction called esterification. The esterification of free cholesterol into ...

While exploring how the flies adapted to such conditions, Acharya found increased levels of an enzyme— CG8093 —in their guts.

Reactions that can combine more than two molecular pieces in one go are a powerful way to build complexity quickly and save ...

Pharmacotherapy Effect of Lipid-altering Drugs on Triglycerides ... inhibiting both PAP (an enzyme that catalyzes that reaction of converting PA to DAG) and DGAT (an enzyme that catalyzes the ...

New research has uncovered a plausible explanation involving the reaction between ... it may not seem novel because lipid production happens in the presence of enzymes all the time," stated ...