Renewable resource: sulfur is used, replenished to produce lipoic acid

Renewable resource: sulfur is used, replenished to produce lipoic acid 10/27/2017 08:56 AM EDT New research shows how a protein is consumed, then reconstituted, during the production of a compound required for converting energy from food into a form that can be used by our cells. The results could help scientists to understand why humans with a fatal condition--defects in an iron-sulfur carrier gene--have deficiencies in this lipoic acid compound. Full story at http://news.psu.edu/story/489205/2017/10/19/research/renewable-resource-sulfur-used-replenished-produce-lipoic-acid Source The Pennsylvania State University This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111