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Suicide of a protein

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Plants and fungi follow a complex route to make the vitamin thiamine for carbohydrate metabolism. One of the pathway's protein participants turns out to be a surprising player, sacrificing its own activity in the process. See Letter p.542

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Figure 1: Incorporation of sulphur into a thiamine precursor.

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