The application of systems metabolic engineering strategies, along with the construction of an electron channeling system, ...

A research group at KAIST has successfully engineered a microbial strain capable of producing lutein at industrially relevant levels. The team, led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the ...

Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

Fruit ripening determines shelf life and consumer appeal, yet the molecular switches that control this process remain partially understood. This ...

Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus ...

Biosynthesis is the generation of natural products through enzymatic reactions, as in cellular metabolism. Successive enzymatic reactions by a number of enzymes are generally required to achieve a ...

Natural product synthesis articles from across Nature Portfolio Natural product synthesis aims to prepare a complex target molecule such that the product is analytically identical to the naturally ...