PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Collagen
6h 6m ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
Collagen is important for tissue-level structure, and its production requires Vitamin C.
Hot-Take: We should engineer the Vitamin C pathway into human cells.
We should engineer the Vitamin C pathway into human cells.
Isn't it already mostly there, just broken? I thought our distant ancestors could produce vitamin C, but we lost the ability at some point.