Researchers discover unique property of critical methane-producing enzyme

(Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) An unexpected discovery has given a group of University of Illinois scientists a greater understanding of an important methane-producing enzyme called methyl-coenzyme M reductase, or MCR. Their findings overturn what was previously believed to be true in the field: that a set of unique modifications present in MCR were essential to how the enzyme functions.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 20, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news