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What’s the future of tooth decay? Not So Bright

It seems two professors, Professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have “deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth.” The enzyme in question is called Glucansucrase and by using protein crystallography, the researchers were able to elucidate the three dimensional (3D) structure of the read more »