While a great deal has been learned through the study of enzyme catalysis in living organisms, researchers hope to develop synthetic alternatives that can improve on nature's designs. "It's ...

An one-pot chemoenzymatic cascade reaction to synthesize chiral alcohol was realized by using the highly active and selective enzyme-metal-single-atom hybrid as the catalyst. The enzyme-metal ...

CRISPR-associated transposases (CAST) revolutionize enzyme engineering, enabling precise modifications for improved ...

Heterogeneous catalyst goes enzymatic Date: April 22, 2019 Source: Institute for Basic Science Summary: Researchers demonstrated enzyme-like heterogeneous catalysis for the first time. They ...

Machine learning has also seen use in enzyme engineering. Enzymes are biological catalysts, and in recent years companies have employed genetic engineering to design enzymes. By manipulating amino ...

“It’s a reaction that natural enzymes do not catalyze, and most importantly it is stereoselective,” says Uwe T. Bornscheuer at Greifswald University, who works on enzyme catalysis.

The process proved effective at enzyme loadings as low as 0.05 mol% and could be applied using whole-cell biocatalysts.

See a video demonstrating the process on YouTube. Next, the researchers plan to explore other small-molecule catalysts that could have enzyme-like characteristics for making other classes of ...

Examine case studies in which enzymes have provided significant benefits during process development and optimization efforts. Identify the likely sources of future advances in developing novel ...

The Carbios process relies on enzymes, a biological catalyst, designed and optimized to infinitely recycle PET plastics such as bottles, packaging and PET polyester fibers, says Benjamin Audebert ...