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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.