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Modern plant enzyme partners with surprisingly ancient protein - EurekAlert


Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that a protein responsible for the synthesis of a key plant material evolved much earlier than suspected. This new research explored the origin and evolution of the biochemical machinery that builds lignin, a structural component of plant cell walls with significant impacts on the clean energy industry.

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