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Scissors Enzyme
April 5 , 2019
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- Scientists at the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) have discovered a new enzyme “Murein Peptidiase” which helps in breaking cell walls of bacteria.
- This offers a potential for a new drug delivery route to arrest the anti-bacterial resistance through existing antibiotic drugs.
- Scissors enzyme is the enzyme that regulates the growth of cell wall in bacteria.
- This method of drug delivery blocks the ‘scissors enzyme’ from functioning.
- In contrast, the classical antibiotic drugs like Penicillin target only the last stage of cell synthesis to prevent bacterial cell growth.
- Blocking the enzyme can pave new ways to target microbes and can lead to a production of new wave of antibiotic drugs.
CCMB
- CCMB conducts high quality basic research and trainings in frontier areas of modern biology and inter-disciplinary areas of biology.
- The Hyderabad based institute was started in 1977 and operates under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
- It is designated as “Center of Excellence” by the Global Molecular and Cell Biology Network, UNESCO.
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