Variation in how animals and bacteria use heme reveals potential target for new antibiotics
The Impossible Whopper pictured at a Burger King restaurant in Columbus, Georgia. Burger King started offering this burger featuring a patty made with heme in August 2019. (Image: Shutterstock)
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It took an unlikely food innovation earth-friendly vegetarian patties, made to taste and “bleed” like the familiar meaty ones to make people aware of heme.
But heme is an essential part of proteins found in most life forms, from tiny bacteria to soy plants to the human body. Heme plays a crucial role in supplying cells with the energy needed to carry out chemical reactions.
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IMAGE: New research from Washington University in St. Louis in the journal eLife shows how animals and bacteria differ in the enzyme they use to attach heme to the cytochrome. Spotting. view more
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It took an unlikely food innovation earth-friendly vegetarian patties, made to taste and bleed like the familiar meaty ones to make people aware of heme.
But heme is an essential part of proteins found in most life forms, from tiny bacteria to soy plants to the human body. Heme plays a crucial role in supplying cells with the energy needed to carry out chemical reactions.
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