Scientists create an enzyme not found in nature for use in efficient synthetic metabolic pathways
A team of researchers led by Tobias Erb at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg has succeeded in ...
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An Enzyme in training camp
efficient metabolic “bridge” between acetyl-CoA and pyruvate, one that would also enable an effective capture and utilization of the greenhouse gas CO 2. The study was a collaboration with researchers ...
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Reactions of β-oxidation
During beta-oxidation, fatty acid molecules are broken down by removing two-carbon units from the carboxyl end of a fatty acid molecule to produce acetyl-CoA.