To create other products and chemicals from acetyl-CoA, it must often first be converted into cellular intermediates with three carbon atoms, such as pyruvate. In nature, metabolic pathways for this ...
The team’s research centred on Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a well-studied strain of cyanobacteria. Citramalate, the focus of their study, is produced in a single enzymatic step using two key ...