Yellow as the sunrise: Unraveling the structure, function of the enzyme aurone synthase
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 12:50
in Biology & Nature
What is it that walnut leaves, mushrooms and Coreopsis have in common? An enzyme that is also responsible for the browning reaction in bananas or apples is present in all of them in large amounts. For the first time, chemists have analyzed the structure of the enzyme in the leaves of Coreopsis.