Vitamins Doing Gymnastics: Scientists Capture First Full Image of Vitamin B12 in Action
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 07:32
in Biology & Nature
It may not sound too exciting when it's listed on the side of your cereal box. But when vitamin B12 gets inside your body, new research suggests, it turns into a gymnast. Scientists report that they have created the first full 3-D images of B12 and its partner molecules twisting and contorting as part of a crucial reaction called methyltransfer.