A research team has discovered a valuable molecule from the soap bark tree, which could be priceless to the vaccine industry as it is a key ingredient in creating vaccines, according to a recent study published in Nature Chemical Biology on January 26.
The John Innes-led research team used the Chilean soapbark tree genome sequence, which is a complicated sequence of steps needed to create these molecules.
For decades, scientists have conducted several experiments aimed at producing this molecule in an alternative expression system like yeast. However, none have been able to do this successfully due to the complex structure of the molecule and little to no knowledge about its biological pathway.
