This fungus is full of surprises: the jack-o’-lantern mushroom glows in the dark and produces peptides that could be useful for humans. (Image: Noah Siegel, wikicommons, CC BY-SA 3.0)
ETH microbiologists led by Markus Künzler have discovered a remarkable enzyme in a fungus. They now want to use it to develop new drugs. This fungus is full of surprises: the jack-o?-lantern mushroom glows in the dark and produces peptides that could be useful for humans. (Image: Noah Siegel, wikicommons, CC BY-SA 3. Fungi appear to offer a truly inexhaustible reservoir of new substances. One such fungus is the jack-o?-lantern mushroom ( Omphalotus olearius ), which is found throughout the Mediterranean region and has a fruiting body that glows in the dark. But it's not this special effect that has medical researchers interested; it's an enzyme recently discovered by ETH researchers led by the microbiologist Markus Künzler.
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