Enzyme 5NAA-A is Rare and Odd (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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This enzyme is 'wacko' in the ways it breaks down a poison related to TNT. On top of that, 5NAA-A is known so far only to exist in a single living organism on Earth, a type of bacteria. Could it be the lone master of a rare bacterial enzymatic kung fu, in the war on potatoes? Or does a genomic clue point to its existence in one other solitary case?

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Georgia Tech / Raquel Lieberman

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