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A detour to sterol synthesis

Nature Microbiology, ISSN: 2058-5276, Vol: 4, Issue: 2, Page: 214-215
2019
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Sterols are a hallmark of eukaryotes. So how do hordes of primitive eukaryotes survive and thrive without a key enzyme for making these crucial lipids? We now learn what solution evolution arrived at — invention of an alternative enzyme that does the same job.

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Matthew A. B. Baker; Andrew J. Brown

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Immunology and Microbiology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine

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