Thousands of metabolic pathways exist and most involve multiple steps – some can be hundreds of steps long! All metabolic pathways together form a complex network that is necessary to maintain life.

All metabolic pathways have to be regulated and controlled to stop the build-up of an end product that isn’t needed. The cell can control a metabolic pathway by the presence or absence of a ...

For example, bacteria have a rigid cell wall, whereas human cells are surrounded ... or MEP pathway for short. The MEP pathway is an essential part of the energy metabolism of several bacteria ...

Mounting an immune response is a metabolically costly endeavour and cannot operate well under conditions of energy deficit. Energy surplus (for example, in individuals that are obese or suffer ...

Targeting unique metabolic pathways in pathogens offers a novel approach to precision antibiotics, addressing the growing ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the Helmholtz ...

A new technology is poised to transform the discovery of microbial species and enzymes with specific in situ metabolic functions. The technology, FISH-scRACS-seq (Fluorescence In Situ ...

Glycolysis is a central metabolic pathway by which cells obtain energy from sugar. Cancer cells in particular have long been ...

Real-time observation of certain biochemical processes in blood vessels from mice has revealed a previously unknown ...

The new molecules target a metabolic pathway that only occurs in bacterial cells, thus sparing human cells. The team ...

A recent study has made significant strides in uncovering how the oral microbiome, particularly the bacterium Fusobacterium ...