A new study published in the journal Nature Chemistry has successfully characterized the role of enzymes in forming NN bonds, a type of bond that is essential to many antibacterial molecules. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, used a combination of synthetic chemistry and molecular biology to explore the structure of the enzyme that forms NN bonds. The results of the study have important implications for the development of new antibiotics and other drugs that target NN bonds. The findings could also pave the way for the design of novel molecules that target specific bacterial enzymes.

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