Aromatase, the Key Enzyme Needed for the Body to Make Estrogen (IMAGE)

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute

Aromatase, the Key Enzyme Needed for the Body to Make Estrogen

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The molecular details of Aromatase, the key enzyme required for the body to make estrogen, are no longer a mystery thanks to the structural biology work done by the Ghosh lab at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Debashis Ghosh's solution of the three-dimensional structure of aromatase is the first time that scientists have been able to visualize the mechanism of synthesizing estrogen.

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Dr. Debashis Ghosh

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