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Abstract
The News & Views 'Biochemistry: Origin of a key player in methane biosynthesis' (Nature543,
49–50; 2017) by Tadhg P. Begley indicated that a paper by Moore et al. (Nature543,
78–82; 2017
The biosynthesis of a coenzyme in the microbial production of methane has been determined — completing the biosynthetic pathways for the family of compounds that includes chlorophyll, haem and vitamin B12.