Mechanism and dynamics of FAP in Science

Cyanobacteria use light to decarboxylate fatty acids

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While at LCLS, TJ had the opportunity to pitch in on a very cool project involving many different people and spanning nearly all the techniques in the biophysics aresenal. Working with Martin Weik, Ilme Schlicting, and Sebastien Boutet we contributed some TR-SFX to the story of this photoenzyme.

Take a look at the great paper Fred Beisson & co have pulled together: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6538/eabd5687