#polyketides — Public Fediverse posts
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#Yellow #pigment keeps #SocialAmoebae together https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968378 #Protists #SlimeMolds #Polyketides #Pigments
Paper: Yellow #polyketide pigment suppresses premature #hatching in social amoeba https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2116122119
The #multicellular stage of the #amoeba #Dicyostelium discoideum is partially regulated by an intensely yellow natural substance. The newly identified natural product of the polyketide family prevents the #amoebae #spores from hatching too early.