Molecular machinery that makes potent antibiotic revealed after decades of research

19:00 EST 16 Jan 2019 | AAAS

(Rutgers University) Scientists at Rutgers and universities in Russia, Poland and England have solved a nearly 30-year mystery -- how the molecular machinery works in an enzyme that makes a potent antibiotic. The findings, which appear in the journal Molecular Cell, provide the tools to design new antibiotics, anticancer drugs and other therapeutics.

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