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Wed 5 Jan, 2011 01:01 am
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Protein Wields Phosphate Group to Inhibit Cancer Metastasis; Tagging an Enzyme With Chemical Also Is Crucial to Bone Cell Formation
ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2011) — By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen and spread cancer, an international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the January issue of Nature Cell Biology.
@oristarA,
Wield is a verb which usually denotes aggression.
For example, a man might wield a club.
Here, the protein group uses a chemical group as a defence "weapon".
@McTag,
McTag wrote:
Wield is a verb which usually denotes aggression.
For example, a man might wield a club.
Here, the protein group uses a chemical group as a defence "weapon".
Thanks.
In the context, "it" refers to the "protein"?
@oristarA,
Looking at this again, it looks like the protein sticks the chemical group to the enzyme.
Quote:By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen
So "it" stands for the enzyme.
The protein enables the chemical group to stick to the enzyme.
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