Plants' oil-desaturating enzymes pair up to channel metabolites
Study raises possibility of linking up enzymes to tailor pathways for increased production of useful plant products
13-May-2014 -
Plant scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that certain enzymes responsible for desaturating fatty acids, the building blocks of oils, can link up to efficiently pass intermediate products from one enzyme to another. "Engineering these enzyme ...
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