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Yeast experiments reveal an evolutionarily conserved backup route for making a molecule that's essential to life
- June 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Hiroshima University researchers say a newly proposed three-step "detour" pathway for making dolichol, a molecule cells need to properly process proteins, may be more universal than scientists realized. Experiments in yeast suggest eukaryotes may rely on overlapping biochemical pathways, including the evolutionarily conserved detour and evidence of a possible backup route, to produce a molecule essential to life.
Originally published at Phys.org