Novel pathway for the biosynthesis of triterpenes (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Novel pathway for the biosynthesis of triterpenes

Caption

This figure shows the difference between the previous and only known way of triterpene biosynthesis, compared to the new pathway which the researchers uncovered.

Credit

Ikuro Abe, 2022

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