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SIB Protein Spotlight -  issue November 2023
www.proteinspotlight.org

The burn in chilis is caused by a product known as capsaicin - used for pleasure by humans but synthesized in the first place to ward off predators. Derived from the substrate vanillin, capsaicin is synthesized by an enzyme known as PUN1.

linoprint by Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)