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A detour to sterol synthesis

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NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 214-215

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0347-8

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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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